Crown XLi1500 Two-channel, 900-Watt Bridged 8Ω Power Amplifier. Professional DJ, PA, Stage Amp. Black
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Size: 450-Watts
Features
- 450W Continuous/ch at 4 ohms
- 2-channel Power Amplifier
- Selectable input voltage
- Forced air cooling
- with Flexible I/O
Description
Looking for a powerful, reliable, and affordable amplifier? Look no further than the Crown XLI Series, a new era in quality power amplification. With over six decades of experience, Crown sets the standard in amplifier technology, making these power amplifiers ideal for musicians, DJs, entertainers, houses of worship, discos, clubs, and pubs. The series includes four robust models: XLi800, XLi1500, XLi2500, and XLi3500, each designed to meet your specific output power needs. Each Crown XLI Series amplifier features RCA and XLR inputs, user-selectable input sensitivity of 0.755V or 1.4V, and Speakon® and binding post outputs. These versatile inputs and outputs ensure compatibility with a wide range of audio equipment, making setup a breeze. The stereo, parallel, bridge-mono mode provides flexibility for various audio configurations, while the power, fault, signal presence, clip indicators keep you informed of the amplifier's status at all times. To ensure longevity and reliability, the Crown XLI Series amplifiers come with forced-air cooling and protection against shorts, no-load, on-off thumps, and radio-frequency interference. Whether you're using it as a DJ amplifier, subwoofer amplifier, or for your professional audio setup, you can trust the Crown XLI Series to deliver consistent and high-quality performance. Choose Crown for your amplification needs and experience the perfect blend of power, reliability, and affordability. Whether you're using it for a portable DJ rig, an installed public address system, a high performance karaoke set-up, or a power amp for sound reinforcement, the Crown XLI Series stands out as a top choice in power amplifiers.
Item dimensions L x W x H: 12.4 x 19 x 3.5 inches
Voltage: 0.78 volts
Manufacturer: Crown
Maximum Supply Voltage: 220 volts_of_alternating_current
Minimum Supply Voltage: 0.78 volts
Voltage: 0.78 volts
Maximum Supply Voltage: 220 volts_of_alternating_current
Minimum Supply Voltage: 0.78 volts
Mounting Type: Rack Mount
Number of Channels: 2
Output Power: 450 watts
Package Type Name: box
Maximum Output Power: 450 watts
Item Dimensions: 12.4 x 19 x 3.5 inches
Material Type: Stainless Steel
Specification Met: CE, FCC, Safety and Regulatory Standards
Manufacturer: Crown
Model: NXLI1500
Brand Name: Crown
Number of Items: 1
Warranty Description: Crown international, 1718 west mishawaka road, elkhart, indiana 46517-4095 u.s.a. warrants to you, the originalpurchaser and any subsequentowner of each new crown1 product, for a period of one (1) year from thedate of purchaseby the original purchaser (the "warranty period") that the new crown product is free of defects inmaterials and workmanship, and we further warrant the new crown product regardless of the reason for failure, exceptas excluded in this warranty.warranty is only valid within the united states of america. for information on warranty outside of the u.s.a, pleasecontact your local distributor.
Unit Count: 1 Count
Global Trade Identification Number: 84, 82, 01
UPC: 750408384607 600599645790 871015006550 632317251419 871015006901 871015006284 871015006482 632317255073
Included Components: Amplifier
Item Type Name: Two-channel - 450W at 4Ω Power Amplifier
Item Weight: 28 pounds
Part Number: XLI1500
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Size: 450-Watts
This amp is a very good deal for the price in my application. I am utilizing this amp as a power amplifier to drive a pair of really current hungry Magnepan 1.4 speakers. I recently purchased a pair of used Magnepan 1.4 speakers for $250. These are rated at 5 ohm impedance, which is getting on the low end for most general purpose home audio equipment. My current system was being driven by a Marantz SR 7007 receiver which can deliver 125 watts into 8 ohms and up to 195 w into 6 ohms. But it is not rated for the 5 ohm load I'm looking at driving. So, it didn't seem the power supply on the built in power amplifier would be sufficient to meet the current demands if I wanted to turn the volume up and really test out these speakers. I.e., the low resistance speakers would pull more current than the power supply in the receiver could reasonably deliver at higher volumes or peaks which could potentially damage the amplifier or cause it to overheat. So, I have been looking around for a good power amplifier which was rated down to 4 ohms or less to ensure I would never have any problems. Unfortunately, when you get into home audio amplifiers with this kind of power supply, you really are going to have to pay quite a premium on the amplifier. While, I think these speakers could have benefited from the current that could come from a high end audiophile amplifier and the more sophisticated amplifier design, I just was not looking to spend $1,000++++ to get that kind of power. Enter the Crown amplifier. I had a friend who does the audiophile hobby on a budget recommend the Crown amps as a good bang for the buck. After spending a week reviewing them and really looking around, I though it was a good investment to at least try this amp out for my needs.... especially using Amazon as I could easily just send it back if I wasn't fully satisfied. So, what could it hurt? I ordered the amplifier Sunday and with free Prime two day shipping, I received it Tuesday. I hooked this right up to the pre-outs on my Marantz receiver and set the gain on the Crown to maximum output after I tested it low outputs on the receiver and power amp to check for any obvious issues (I'll explain why I turned the gain all the way up on the Crown in a second) and then turned the volume up on the Marantz.... it sounded great! Just very clean sound. I then did a few quick tweaks on subwoofer crossovers and got a full range signal going to the Magnepans for the first time. I would wager that the sound and detail on this low budget system would beat out systems costing MANY times what I've invested. Now, I have learned a few lessons through this process that I'll try to summarize so that others can learn quicker than I did. 1. You need to take some time to really check and know what the pre-amp output is coming from the device you will be feeding into the Crown power amplifier. The Crown has a switch to allow its sensitivity to be set to 1.4 v or 0.775 v. 1.4 volts is really mostly a characteristic of pro gear. The 0.775v is more representative of home audio equipment. My Marantz puts out 0.4 v therefore the setting of 0.775 v is great for my application (the difference between 0.4 v and 0.775 isn't too large and can be compensated for by getting a higher wattage rated amplifier). But why is this important? The pre-amp signal is sent as a variable voltage with a maximum voltage that the preamp circuit can reasonably produce without clipping. If you push the volume on your preamp too high and ask it to send a signal in excess of the capabilities of the pre-amp circuit you will get a lot of distortion and clipping of the signal which is a very quick way to kill your equipment. You want to avoid this at all costs. If the pre-amp signal going to the power amplifier is much higher than the power amplifier's sensitivity rating, you can be asking the power amplifier to amplify this signal too much and exceed the power rating of the power amp and get signal clipping if you turn the volume too high. So, you really want to understand this mating and get it reasonably close. If you get it way too low, you will never get the full output that the power amplifier is capable of even when all the gains are set to maximum on the power amp and the pre amp. This would be okay if you select an amplifier that is oversized for what you really need for your speakers. So, my application falls into this category. My receiver only puts out 0.4 v and I have the power amp set to 0.775 v. My speakers are rated up to 200 w RMS I believe. So, I really don't want to be sending around 400w into my speakers anyways, which is probably in the ballpark for what the Crown XLi1500 puts out into a 5 ohm load. Speaking to Crown technical support, I should still reasonably get up close to 300 w into these speakers with my set up.... which is PLENTY of power. In general, you want to consider purchasing an amplifier which is rated a bit higher than your application anyways so that you always have power reserves in the amplifier when operating to avoid clipping (and just don't go crazy with turning the volume up too high). This helps ensure you have a clean sound and plenty of headroom to not damage your amp. BUT the Crown has separate gain dials which you will likely want to turn down if the amplifier is likely to send a lot higher power into your speakers than the rating of your speakers so that you don't blow those either. Basically, you want to set the gain on the power amplifier for your needs and never touch the gain again. (many installers even lock these knobs or take them off completely so that the end user can't adjust them and damage their equipment). All of your volume control should be coming from the pre-amplifier circuit by adjusting the voltage on this signal. In my case this is the volume knob on the Marantz receiver. As I noted above, I have turned the gain all the way up on the Crown for my application as this allows me to get up to the 200-300w range for peak signals.... which is going to allow me to really maximize what these speakers are capable of without having to really stress the pre-amp circuit in my receiver and cause clipping. You want to have a nice balanced output on both outputs so no single piece of equipment is overstressed and asked to operate outside of its recommended range. So, if you keep these basic concepts in mind and do a bit of research for your application upfront, I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the results. Happy hunting!!! Uodate: I have actually revised a bit of what I stated above. I have turned the gain down to about the 2 o'clock position on this amp to try to keep the RMS power loading closer to the rating of the speakers. The amp still has plenty of ability to send higher power to these speakers at peak loads.... I think. Either way, I have other speakers in my 7.2 system running off the power amp section of the MARANTZ. utilizing the built in Audacity room calibration with the power amp at these levels really seems to give a nice balance between the gain settings at the preamp in the MARANTZ and the output from the MARANTZ and the Crown. So, I now have plenty of power going to the Magnepans and has a nice balance with the klipsch speakers being powered off the MARANTZ. Overall, just a great product! UPDATE: So, the original Crown amp is still going strong to power my front Magnepan speakers. I literally have zero complaints about this amplifier for the price. Just to prove why, I just bought a second one to power a pair of outdoor speakers that are installed in the ceiling of my new screened in porch. Works amazingly well there. I only need to turn this amp to about the 12 oclock position to get more than ample volume out of these Elac in ceiling speakers. They sound phenomenal.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017 by UNC MSEE
Size: 450-Watts
review for XLi1500 - Wow, great amp - tight and powerful and crystal clear. Replacing a 28-year-old Crown CE-2000 and what a difference. I'm using a Korg MW-1608 as the preamp and the XLi1500 drives Yamaha 15-inch Clubs to full on party level and this thing thumps and moves some air. The clarity and separation at higher levels is quite remarkable - producing a tight, coherent program. Also pushes a ToneX guitar rig and it really demonstrates this in a very competent amp - tight bass tight and mids. Also tried the XLi1500 w/my old Bose 901s, which crave watts and voltage, and boy howdy they came alive. this thing is heavy as sin, but the Crown class D "drive core' amps all have a non - bypass D/A converter - muy malo, as I just need it to amplify the analog source I send it, not convert the signal. Going get another (used?) to drive my 901-vinyl rig, using my pioneer sx-850 as the preamp (SX850 amp section needs service). Well done Harman, a fine product!!! I'd love to try the Class D Drive core amps but the DSP kills the deal - drop the DSP gimmick and I'm in - but I digress, the XLi1500 is a beautiful high power class A/B amp and it performs beyond my expectations of a sub $500 class A/B amp
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Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2026 by CJW
Size: 450-Watts
This amp packs a punch and sounds great! Paired it with some vintage Bose 802’s and of course the Bose equalizer. Sound quality is phenomenal and I have a TON of room to rock these speakers with this amp, but I don’t have to push it at all in a studio environment. Major upgrade for vintage gear and very portable if need be. Expensive for sure, but there are results for the expense. I certainly hope it’ll last for many years and I have no doubts that it will.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2026 by Steven C.
Size: 450-Watts
To establish a perspective for my comments, I am a snobby two channel audiophile, you know the vinyl and tube electronics type. So, this is how I got sucked in......with Harmon group offering a warranty extension to 6 years, I couldn't resist as an upgrade to a surround system. Upon delivery, (had to meet the UPS guy for signature required) I pulled each amp out of the factory packing (not really designed for shipping - explain below). Hooked them up in a two channel system I am familiar with consisting of Craiglist salvaged and rebuilt speakers, tube preamp, tube USB DAC and good cables. I started with the craiglist speakers just in case the amp blew up and tried taking my speakers with it. Set the input for the 1.4v level, stereo mode, and fired it up. These China amps sound pretty good, again -especially for the sub $300 price point. No lack of power when compared to vintage 200w/ch Dynaco 400 power amp. If used to drive a subwoofer, they may be hard to top for even 10x the $. The bass has good authority and punch, the mids, well they're ok but not tube sweet, same with the highs, ok but it would take 10x the $, or more, to make a significant improvement. You won't get spit on your face listening to these amps as you may imagine happens if you were sitting in front of some Wilson audio speakers and $30,000+ in Levinson electronics driving the presentation....but that's ok. Now, believe it or not, there seemed to be some break in as they seemed to sweeten up a bit over a couple hrs of playing. (design may be ripe for a few component upgrades in the analog signal path -- after the warranty is up naturally) People talk about fan noise, there is none. I suspect you would have to run them at gig levels to get the fan to speed up to the point where it could be heard. The blue power on light on the front panel ......it may require sun glasses in the listening room as it is bright, much more so than the dancing green signal present LEDs, also on the front panel. Now the packing. The boxes were not damaged per say, just a bit of corner rounding here and there. The high density foam inside was fine, but, all three amps have varying degrees of bent chassis material. Luckily the low cost China chassis is painted or powder coated sheet metal and not fancy machined anodized high strength aluminum (that is likely to crack if any magic is performed on it to deal with bending ) Bending was not to the point where the finish was damaged, but you could see the damage. So, through the use of a magic wand, all bends got unbent.....not saying any more. The rack mount ears on the rear of the unit needed some magic as did all three cover plates ...... magic resulted in very acceptable result, even for an audio snob Inside the box was a power cord, a postage stamp sized bag of desiccant, and a users manual.......no warranty card. That said, from the manufacturers standpoint, based on what the interweb shows as what's inside of these, they are likely considered a throw away by Harmon (Crown parent conglomerate) Yup, based on what I see and hear, next time these are on sale, I will buy a few more.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2020 by RKM
Size: 450-Watts
Surprisingly heavy, given than many current power amps are featherweight class D designs. This amp owes most of its gravitas to an oversized toroidal transformer. The binding posts are not great, and do not easily allow spade terminals. The inputs however are comprehensive and have both RCA and balanced XLRs. As mentioned elsewhere, the dummy blank plastic plugs inside the banana-sockets can be easily removed by tapping a screw into the center hole, and after the screw has bitten into the plastic, simply pulled out. I tried using both the speaker binding posts and the speakon outputs (after connecting my speaker cable to a high quality binding post-to-Speakon connectors). The Speakon outputs are not only considerably lower in volume, but sound worse than the binding post outputs. Through the Speakons the sound lost clarity and drive with dynamics and bass precision being quite dramatically downgraded. Once hooked up you have to choose the input sensitivity....for me the 0.75V gave a better range of gain. Although there is a switch that allows bridged monoblock operation, I did not try it since the existing 400+ wpc is way more than sufficient. The amp sounds great....lots of upper end clarity and crispness, natural midrange and deep punchy tight bass. There is never any signs of running out of steam, even at the highest listening levels. Out if the box, the soundstage was vague and ill-defined- which improved dramatically after about 2 days running in. For the price, you will be very hard pressed to find any amp that is better all round. Yes, $10,000 amps are more tactile and layered- but you need to spend an extra $9500 to get there.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2025 by Ron Toolsie
Size: 450-Watts
This amp flat out makes me happy. It didn't cost an arm and leg, but it sure delivers the goods. As you can see in the photo, I've used an older AV receiver as a pre amp, and an eq to dial in my vinyl and cut any boomy bass when it decides to show up. As for speakers I have a pair of newly acquired 8 ohm 350 watt monsters with 15 inch woofers. I had a vintage 125 wpc consumer amp before the Crown. It sounded good, but it just needed some more kick. I knew something was missing. I'm not a rich guy, so I try to stretch a dollar as far as I can...I just couldn't get all crazy with expensive amplifiers. After much research, I pulled the trigger on the Xli 1500. I picked it up as a used ( like new) option and saved quite a bit. I literally cannot find anything wrong with it! It came out the original packaging with all the swag...it has full warranty so I'm not going to sweat it one bit. It hit my door for under $225...once I hooked it up I realized it was worth every penny. Speakers just came to life big-time! Bass is kicking mids and highs are on point. It was absolutely the right choice for my situation. The sound quality was so much better, I was stunned. I read about fan noise concerns...I cannot hear the fan at all...even when I turn it down and try to hear it. I'm an airbrush artist and my system is right next to me, within reach, all day. I like to sit and paint and be able to put on an album or adjust the tone ect. without getting up. I hear no fans, I hear absolutely no hiss, it's never even gotten warm. Ive played it all day every day for a couple of weeks now. Absolutely no regrets or concerns. I play every type of music...Rock, metal, reggae, rap, new wave, classical, some county, anything really. I'm able to dial in a good sound in all styles be it at low volume, and get things absolutely bumping when the mood strikes. Plenty of power guys!! It all sounds awesome...you don't have to spend a million bucks to have a powerful, great sounding system...(but you can If you want to I suppose). Crown amplifiers have a new customer for life...give them a try!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2021 by JIMMY C.
Size: 450-Watts
I am running a 7.1 home theatre with JBL ND310 tower speakers as my fronts. They are rated for use with up to 220w of power. I'd been powering them with Dayton APA150's bridged for 150w mono. For years I've been wanting to hear what they sounded like with an amp that can provide full power to them. I've known about the Crown line of pro amps for years but Harmon advertises them for use as power PA systems, D-Jays etc. but not for home use, so that kept me away. Also, I thought all of the amps in their line use class D circuitry and I am a fan of class AB. I'd heard the original Crown DC-300a in a high-end audio store when I was a teenager, so I new that the company could build a good amp. Looking at the specs, they were as solid as any other amp you'd find at this price point and beyond. Then, I discovered recently that the XLi line used class AB circuitry. So the idea of owning a Crown power amp with class AB circuity capable 330w into 8 ohms was enough for me take the plunge. I would have been satisfied with just hearing a small difference but it was a HUGE improvement. Even though I use a center channel speaker there always seemed to be a gap in the front soundstage. Not anymore! I've also read other people's reviews talking about depth in the soundstage and I was always skeptical. I was wrong, I could now hear depth that was not there before. The bass, which was always good was cleaner. The ultimate test was when my wife asked me why everything sounded so much better and she knows nothing about this stuff. I attribute the sound to the speakers but the amp is providing the power for them to operate at their full potential. So going forward I am going to retire my Dayton amps and replace them with the Crown XLi series,
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Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2019 by Dtuck
Size: 450-Watts
This was a very heavy box so I'm sure the power supply is probably huge!! However for my home setup it did not work out the guy I have doing my audio work said it was a great amplifier but it would be great for maybe a passive subwoofer but not for high-end clarity so I did return the item I did not realize at the time this was more of a pro amplification type setup however it did arrive in a very secure nice packaged box and like I say it weighed a ton so I'm sure it has plenty of power judging from the weight anyway because it was extremely heavy and my audio guy did say that it was a class A B, type amplification I thought they were all class D. I can say that even though I had to return the item because it did not really fit my system it did come very well packaged in a sealed box..!!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2026 by JW