Anybody happy with high power Krell?

Dare I ask why you use a center? Not really why you started this thread but I doubt that the avalons need it if set up properly. If anything the center utiopia is probably hurting the sound. How many people does it take to move those things? its gotta be about 6 at least! Don't the cabinets weigh about 1000lbs each? I used to dream about them till I realized that I would have to move so they would not fall through the floor! Where is that overly cornfedboy any way?

The center is for home theater only. I can't set things up optimally until I get one of the rooms in our basement, thanks to my wifes sensibilities. The speakers aren't too heavy, but the crossovers, which are separate, weigh 500 pounds apiece.

David

tim: don't be gettin' too excited. the osirises (now replaced in the avalon line by the sentinels) do weigh a half ton crated but are comprised of more than two "parts."

david: i don't think you'd be happy long-term with krell amps on your speakers. any of 'em. if class a intrigues you, i'd suggest goin' to a boulder 2060. 600 watts of pure class a power into 8, 4 or 2 ohms. i'm sure the guys at goodwin's highend can arrange an in-home demo.

-cfb

i leave my tubes running 24/7 anyway. nice system . i would love to hear it. why the mixture of jm lab and avalon?

I am always amazed at how everyone on this site loves to trash Krell. I have owned the KSA-250 which is a good amp, but very lean sounding and a heater for the room it is in. I auditioned the Rowland 350 watt mono 7's at the time I had the Krell 250 because I had the Consummate preamp and I was disappointed in the sound and bass control. Rowland ran out of gas on anything played loud. I bought the 300FPB and it sounded more musical than the KSA250 and to me, just as detailed and controlled in the bass. In my mind, nothing comes close to the FPB600 in terms of sound and effortless power when it is compared to the past Krell stereo amps and other solid state for that matter. I recently upgraded to the Krell 650mc's connected to the KPS-25sc playback system with the CAST cable from Transparent (kills my Transparent Reference interconnects and only cost $300) driving the Wilson MAXX. The mono's are incredible. I will be honest..Krell is not forgiving of a recording. If it is a good recording it sounds unbelievable, a bad recording sounds bad. Sorry, that's the way it is. If you want to hear what's on the recording you will hear it. Most people don't balance the equipment to the level of Krell quality and will never hear what it can do. It is only bright sounding because of poor cabling, poor front end or bad source recording. I was in the Analog Room in San Jose, CA listening to the Nagra tubes stuff driving the Avalon Eidelons. The front end was a VPI turntable with great cartridge etc. and frankly, that sounded brighter and harder than the Krell. It drove me from the room. So my only recommendation is to bring it home and listen for a week. I could have bought anything and I bought Krell because they build great stuff.