# Crest Audio
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{{Short description|American audio equipment manufacturer}}
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'''Crest Audio, Inc.''' is an American company that produces professional sound equipment, including [audio mixer](/source/audio_mixer)s, [power amplifier](/source/power_amplifier)s, and [loudspeaker](/source/loudspeaker)s. Crest Audio was founded in the late 1970s by Jean-Pierre Prideaux in California. Dallas Music Industries (DMI) acquired Crest Audio in the 1980s and subsequently, Crest Audio was acquired by [Peavey Electronics](/source/Peavey_Electronics) in 1999,[{{cite web | title= Peavey Corporate Information | url=http://www.peavey.com/support/corporate/ | accessdate=2009-06-09}}] and has since been based in [Meridian, Mississippi](/source/Meridian%2C_Mississippi). The company has an international network of distributors.[[http://www.crestaudio.com/contact 'Contact', ''Crest Audio'']. Retrieved 4 October 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310221741/http://www.crestaudio.com/contact |date=March 10, 2007 }}]
==History==
The company was founded in the late 1970s by Jean-Pierre (John) Prideaux to build power amplifiers for the tour sound industry. The first amplifier, the P3500, delivered 475 watts-per-channel in a chassis that occupied a two-rack space at a time when competitors were offering 400 watts in a four-rack space. In 1983, the 4001 amplifier was the first to provide [two-ohms](/source/ohm) in a three-rack space chassis. Four years later the 8001 power amplifier became an industry standard concert sound amplifier. It was superseded by the 8002 model in 1998.[[http://www.crestaudio.com/company 'Company', ''Crest Audio'']. Retrieved 4 October 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311010638/http://www.crestaudio.com/company |date=March 11, 2007 }}]
In 1989, Crest audio diversified into [mixing console](/source/mixing_console)s with its Gamble EX series. Two years later the company introduced NexSys, a computer-based network amplifier control system that became the basis of a range that addresses every aspect of installation configuration and control.