Krell Restoration

Is there no Krell dealer in your area? Thier tech should be able to do this easily.

Not trying to save a couple of bucks, worried about FedEx or UPS dropping it too many times.
The local shop can use better caps than Krell? Replace the internal wiring to speaker and XLR connects. Other things Krell may and do.
Question is, will the local shop tear it down and find they can't complete the repair because of proprietary parts or some secret handshake known only to Krell. Will they be able to calibrate it, and is that necessary when simply replacing parts?
Thought the experts on this site would know if the good local tech would be a safe path.

I would suggest you ship these to Krell, even if you are not warm to the idea. They will replace your caps with most recent version available, check everything up and adjust power supply bias. A local tech can certainly replace the caps, not too sure if he would know how to adjust the PS bias which is important to keep everything running smooth. There could be some proprietary components to be replaced and would think that a local repair shop could not do much for you in this situation.

I have sent my FPB-350MCX monoblocks for recap to Krell and they replaced all caps and amp cover screws. The unit is now running much cooler than previously. You will have to wait 100-200 hrs before the caps are fully broken up and get the tremendous bass back from your Krell, once the job is completed.

Agree with posts above that major overhaul be done by the factory. I own ARC gear and use a local ARC authorized tech only for basic soldiering type repairs (e.g., replacing burned bias resisters). But ... if something was really wrong with any of my ARC units, I would have no hesitation in sending them back to the factory.

Don't know how Krell gear is boxed, but ARC uses double boxing with a 1" Styrofoam liner in between the boxes. When I bought or sold ARC gear, I shipped by FedEx. Been lucky. No problems. But I ship to and from a local FedEx office. That way FedEx can't deny shipping condition on the shipping "to" or "from."

Good luck.

Hi Dderham1948, yes, I sent my FPB 700cx to krell, look, you have to use a skidd, go to lowes and get rachet straps and strap that thing down to the skidd, the skidd protects your amp nicly because it is in the center of the skidd, put do not double stack and handle with care on printing paper with big bold black marker, work's great, make sure you request krell to send your personal skidd back on the return with the amp on the skidd, they will put your staps inside the box and use their fiberglass nylon normal shipping strap's on the return, I do not care if you ship from England, doing what I have specified here will increase your chances of no damage, and If I were you, I would not skimp out on the caps, replacing the ones needed, do the big ones, you have to request that, tell krell a complete cap job, specify that you want ALL of the cap's replaced, Steve Lacrone at the service dept home.com is a great alternative too, I know him personally, but I also have a personal relationship with krell, ask for Patrick Bresnahan, tell him Keith henry-Audiolabyrinth recommended you, Patrick is first class, very attenative at making the customer happy,I hope all this helps, reply back when you can.