Krell and CJ?

No C-J has balanced outputs or inputs.

I didn't think so-I guess you could get an adapter?

I have heard Krell and an entire line of CJ preamps together. I think the answer may depend upon your price point.

Thanks for all the responses, it is a bit of problem since CJ has no balanced outputs and FPB (duh!) only accepts a balanced input. The KAS series sounds like a possibility but would be a risky investment without an audition and I can't say I've heard this series.

Yes, XLR to RCA adapters were used in what I described. I can't understand why CJ won't go with XLR. Impedance mismatch may have been the problem in what I described above, in which case one of them would have had to go anyway.