Help -- my system is too bright

Now, this brings up another point. Already, some posters are counseling cable and power cord adjustments to give this system ___. This, IMO, is how people get
duped into blowing a lot of unneccessary money on cables.
Cables will not produce ___ in speakers that are not built to accomodate it.

This the Krell sound that I also experienced - hyperdetailed. I SHOULD have experimented with various cabling & tweaks before selling the amp for something different, but I *thought* that I knew better. I didn't listen though & now I wish that I had. Because that *next* amp, while not sounding hyperdetailed, exhibited some other issues, as did the next one & the one following that.
Possibly a different amp (but only possibly) yours may synergise better when everything else is tweaked in. I would approach the fine tuning issues by trying & applying some tweaks instead.
Here are some possible examples:
cones under your speakers
Speaker cables.
Interconnects.
Upgrade AC cords.
AC line conditioning.
Shelving.
Cones.
Footers & Pods.

If you have tried the Cardas Golden Reference interconnects but you still get the harshness and/or brightness then you should consider Shunyata Black Mamba or Python power cord and need to use Black Diamond Racing shelves or cones to eliminate the brightness. Good luck.

Dweller --

There's no doubt the Krell's are exposing some bad
recordings. They have also given new life to others.
So far, it has been a nice trade-off.

Bob --

I just ordered the Balanced Power Techonology
BP-3.5 [About 30 minutes ago] to clean up my AC,
so hopefully, I can eliminate dirty AC as the problem.

Sogood --

Excellent point. The Universal player is definitely the
weak link in the chain. I've been mulling over CD
players. Suggestions?

You might try a Shunyata Research power cord on your Krell. I've had customers report that their Shunyata helped take that bright edge off an otherwise fine-sounding Krell amp. If you find an older King Cobra for sale, you might try it out. If you don't like it, you can probably re-sell it for approximately what you paid for it.

Duke

I find it very interesting that so many recommendations can be confidently suggested despite the fact that Rsbeck has told us nothing about what speakers and cables he is presently using.

Me, I'm waiting for the day when an audiophile posts here complaining that his system is lacking brightness... :-)