Any experience with a crown K1 or K2 amp?

Hi, I use a K2 with great results. Very fast and articulate bass. I use the K2 to drive a pair of 7 foot basshorn speakers using twin 18" drivers each. The K2 mates very well with them. The basshorns are crossed over at 100hz down to 30 hz.

I've been using the K2 for a number of years to drive my two 18" Infinite Baffle Subs. The K's are very rare in the pro world as they don't use fans for cooling. Either K is a great choice as a sub amp.
They like to be fed a higher gain pro balanced signal vs. consumer unbalanced. I had problems with the amp going into "sleep" mode with the weaker unbalanced signal, but Crown has a fix for that. If you go the K route and have to use unbalanced, PM me and I can email you the "fix".

I want us this amp for home audio 84db 15" subs that are rate at 2000 watts. Is the K2 a good amp for hard to drive subwoofers or is it meant for high easy to drive subs. Thanks

I researched this years ago and went with the Crown CTS2000, which was supposed to be an evolution of Crown's K2 amp.  The CTS2000 used the efficient Class I amp circuit and was definitely a very nice sub amp.  The CTS was discontinued and replaced by the DCi series (and other "DriveCore" amps).  All the new amps, including CTS, use fans.  The fans are somewhat quiet, but they can spin up when the amp heats during high usage.

Love my K2 totally controlls a pair of JBL Synthesis 1B1 Sub with its big long throw 15” woofer.  

i have a k2 that drives my martin logan request and sounds amazing!! , had audioresearch vt-200 ,krell Krs -100, conrad johnson mf-2100 etc...
and the k2 stands with these big boys in terms of sound quality and control. i tried the xls,xti serie2, and the k2 is better the others can be used as sub amps. theirs fans are very quiet. k2 has no fan, just bought the k1 cause i read it has a better sound than his big brother. w'ell see:)
never forget you need synergy between gear, thats why they can play so well, not saying they go with every sauce...

those K amps ere just stellar!

 i had a studio ref I for just a few weeks, did not have a 30 amp plug, which it requited, hell my whole house at the time was 100 amp.

  i regret selling it, but it would have popped the breaker in my house at every turn on.

 sad.

 those K amps are simply wicked !

   the specs are amazing, and the sound even better !

to those whom still use them, congrats, im jealous!

I too used the K2 for a pair of 18" subs.  Outstanding output, great control (damping factor) and totally dependable.

I've been using a K2 to drive my main L/R speakers for many years. I've changed out the speakers more than once during that time, but the amp is a keeper. Sounds as good as any I've heard, including several of the "high-priced spread" variety. Clean, detailed, effortlessly powerful, and able to drive difficult loads without breaking a sweat.

Although these are switching amps, the Class I technology that they incorporate represents some real breakthrough engineering, and is quite different from Class D.