Whats the krell sound?

The lowest note on a string bass has a fundamental pitch of about 40 cycles per second. At a live performance,the difference tones add an ambiance to the bass that is usually not present with recordings-even with a subwoofer.

Difference tones? See The Psychology of Music By Carl Seashore for more on difference tones.(Quick take,a 40 cycle tone creates an "undertone" at 20 cycles,that creates an undertone at 10 and so on.)

The "Krell Sound" as I understand it,is an attempt to recreate the bass response of a live performace by what many call "bass grip".

Other posters have mentioned that componant matching is important and I agree with them.

Now now no fighting or its off to your room with the Bose 901s and a sansui source.

Thanks for all the comments. Im now vicariously comparing Classe and Krell for my amp choice.

Any further comments on that?

Bozzy...I just noticed in another thread that you have B&W 703s...I Have the CDM1nt's and just upgraded from a bryston B60 integrated to an Electrocompaniet ECI-3. From the forum posts I have read on the Electrocompaniet website, alot of the people are using B&W's with Electro gear. I understand that the Nemo monoblocks were made with the N801's in mind. You may want to check out some of their lower power stereo or monoblock amps in the 200+wpc range. They seem to go for pretty reasonable prices used...I have alredy been drooling over the used amps for sale here on the gon but have to start somewhere. And no...I have no affiliation with them.

Ellery

p.s. the pictures definitely do not do them justice

oh...and they are completely balanced

Nevre did hear the krell sound. Ened up with a Belles 350a and an Audible Illusions L-1 pre-amp. Great detail, bass is balanced and nice clarity. Great setup for loud listening and sounds great at lower volumes. Im happy.