Anybody happy with high power Krell?

1953, you and me both wish we'd never sold those KSA 50 amps! That was my first high-end amp, and easily the sweetest amp Krell ever made, as well as a powerhouse belying its power rating. I agree with you that certain of their older amps (the KSA 50 Mk II, the KSA150, 250 and MDA 300s and the KAS amps) are very nice sounding amps that can drive anything out there; as far as comparisons with other amps, it will ultimately come down to personal preference. Be worth a listen in David's setup, and I'd love to hear it. I must note that Kirk leaving those huge Tube Research amps on 24/7 must essentially eliminate the winter heating bills! But Kirk, what do you do in summer?

I had a krell FPB 300 and was very happpy with it. I used it to drive Magnepan 3.5R's. I's still have it except I decided to go with a tube amp. Buy the Krell used if possible. Save about half and still get a great product. Buy as new as you can to get some of the transferable 5 year warranty

David,

I Have a Pass Labs Aleph 4 (100w pure class A watts/ch) and really love its natural sound. I would defintely try a Pass amp. I think I saw some 1.2 monos and there are several x amps out there.

i run the ac and ceiling fan in the summer. it really is not that bad. i have an old house with tall ceilings as well. i hate the tall ceilings right now but love them in the summer. i have owned the krell ksa 250, 200s, 300s, and have a kst 100 strapped to a pro sub in my theater. i also had the md-20 and studio. i love krell. i just think if anyone hears the right tubes in their own system the journey will end. i was hard headed myself. it took me a long time to just shut up and listen to the music. i agree that krell will let you know whats on the recording .garbage in garbage out. ok fine most recordings sound like trash. i hear much more detail with my tubes then any krell. krell gives a cardboard cutout soundstage. good tubes make you forget about speakers, amps, preamps ,etc, and makes you feel you are there. audionut you sound just like me a few years ago. i did not want any stupid tubes, i wanted accurate to the t. but i now no what that means. i dare you to try good tubes as you will be praiseing them as most of the audioheads on this site. same goes for all you other ss heads. as i said i was mr krell for a while. good luck guys and gals.