..."pro" amp company (Crown, QSC, Mackie, Behringer, etc.) to finally figure out that they could offer an "HT friendly" version of an amp with "friendly" connections, a quiet fan and a simple, non-garish fascia and sell a ton of them? Vent the sides and top so a quieter fan could be used, lose the rack-mounting capability and the rack ears and have a simple front plate in black or silver with power and clipping lights only, and instead of XLR and 1/4" inputs, offer XLR and RCA inputs. Outputs? Banana-friendly posts instead of Speakon.
When you look at the specs for these amps (475/WPC at 8 Ohms for $700), it's really not that hard to see them making a powerful, simple looking, connection-friendly amp for $600. These would be simple mods to a product already in their line.
I know I'd buy one pretty quickly!
(another one of my ideas whereby if I had the $$ to start a company, I'd mod existing ones and STILL make a profit!)
It's not that hard, folks! Get with it!
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