krell kav 300il - what are your thoughts?


if you own or have heard the krell 300il integrated amp, what are your thoughts?
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The sound qualities (or lack thereof) of Krell KAV series stuff is well documented. Just not very "musical", with lots of SS "glare" & haze. I don't know what Krell is thinking--look elsewhere for nice sounding components.
The Krell KAV-300il and new KAV-400xi are both rated @ 400-watts per channel into 4-ohms, which is plenty of power for most good Speakers, including the B&W Nautilus line up to and including the N802. These integrateds are as powerful as any 200-wpc into 8-ohms Amp. that I have heard, plus they have a very nice-robust-refined easy-on-the-ears (even at high volume levels) sound to them. I would definately consider either model when shopping for powerful well defined Integrated Amp.
I agree w/ JMS's response, my KAV400xi seems to have boundless power. I haven't come close to clipping this amp or pushing it to its limits. However, the amp is about as un-tube like as SS gear can get. Accurate, but a bit cold with a sharp glass-like edge. Not warm at all. It certainly exposes poorly recorded and mixed source material. I do like it, but I have a little sibilance in my system I'm trying to eliminate. I don't think it's from the amp, but rather power issues I'm having or from the source material, mainly CD's.

I haven't heard the 300 version in a few years so I can't comment.