Crown PS 800
Little is documented about the Crown PS 800. The record shows a stereo power amplifier from Crown that appears to belong to a PS series, which included the Crown PS 400. At least one owner mentions the two models together. No source establishes how they relate. The PS 800 could be the larger sibling, a successor, or something else entirely, and nobody wrote it down.
Surviving information on this model is thin. No specifications turned up in any source: no power output, impedance, frequency response, dimensions or weight. No production year, original price or design details are documented either. The only concrete traces of the PS 800 are a mention in a cached marketplace listing and a forum thread where an owner says he has one "in storage." The September 1992 issue of Sound and Communication (p. 60) reports industry news, including the opening of Ancha Electronics' Dallas office, but it does not describe the PS 800's specifications.
That same forum thread is mostly about the PS 400, a different model. It is described as a stereo amplifier rated at 50 watts per channel at 8 ohms, built with a massive toroidal transformer. Those details belong to the PS 400, not the PS 800, and should not be taken for PS 800 specs.
If you own a PS 800, the page needs basic details: power rating, year of manufacture, or a photograph of the rear panel. As it stands, this page confirms the model was made and little beyond that.
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