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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 22667" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Time to upgrade my amps...&nbsp;I wasn&#039;t keen on the I-Techs because of the first-run problems (and there were some doozies), but when the owners of 2 major tour providers said &quot;any I-Tech that has been working properly for the last 6 months is no more likely to fail than any other model in our inventory&quot; I took them off my &quot;absolutely NOT&quot; list.&nbsp; That was in 2008.&nbsp; We got our first 8 IT-6000, then another 4 6000 and 8 IT-8000.&nbsp; No &quot;Flame Linear&quot; moments, no in-show failures... in fact, nothing that *required* swap-outs at venue.&nbsp; We&#039;re up to ~50 units now.&nbsp; For the number of units owned, our old iron MacroTechs were statistically less reliable, and they we&#039;re pretty darn good.Back in 2004-2005 I gave Crown a very hard time over the Itechs &amp; our Harman Rep (who, to this day, has yet to pay a personal visit to our shop).&nbsp; As far as Crown goes, the product has proven itself and we&#039;re happy owners.&nbsp; Note that we were not early adopters and didn&#039;t have to go through what a number of owners did.&nbsp; Crown was &quot;Harman-opaque&quot; about the issues that came up BUT fixed or replaced every owner&#039;s problem amps without a quibble, going so far as to ship advance replacements in certain circumstances.At this point, the technology is more than ready for prime time and I don&#039;t think anyone should be worried about the original (or HD series) ITechs... and I was one of the hardest guys to sell on them.&nbsp; Today the original models represent an incredible value and my only regret is that we weren&#039;t in a position to buy another dozen before the B-stock and refurbs were sold out.Have fun, good luck.Tim Mc</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 22667, member: 67"] Re: Time to upgrade my amps... I wasn't keen on the I-Techs because of the first-run problems (and there were some doozies), but when the owners of 2 major tour providers said "any I-Tech that has been working properly for the last 6 months is no more likely to fail than any other model in our inventory" I took them off my "absolutely NOT" list. That was in 2008. We got our first 8 IT-6000, then another 4 6000 and 8 IT-8000. No "Flame Linear" moments, no in-show failures... in fact, nothing that *required* swap-outs at venue. We're up to ~50 units now. For the number of units owned, our old iron MacroTechs were statistically less reliable, and they we're pretty darn good. Back in 2004-2005 I gave Crown a very hard time over the Itechs & our Harman Rep (who, to this day, has yet to pay a personal visit to our shop). As far as Crown goes, the product has proven itself and we're happy owners. Note that we were not early adopters and didn't have to go through what a number of owners did. Crown was "Harman-opaque" about the issues that came up BUT fixed or replaced every owner's problem amps without a quibble, going so far as to ship advance replacements in certain circumstances. At this point, the technology is more than ready for prime time and I don't think anyone should be worried about the original (or HD series) ITechs... and I was one of the hardest guys to sell on them. Today the original models represent an incredible value and my only regret is that we weren't in a position to buy another dozen before the B-stock and refurbs were sold out. Have fun, good luck. Tim Mc [/QUOTE]

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