"Krell" is a buzzword

Perfectimage, thanks for your reply. I was wondering whether no one would care. Anyway, looks great, but a bit out of my league. Anything around $3000? Integrated is fine with me, too. Signum costs one quater of Guarneri. I am looking for something in the league. I appreciate your kindness. Ken

I bought a used Classe Audio Ca 400 from here for just under $3000.00. I used it as a two channel for a while. I liked it so much that I saved up for a couple of years and bought another one. They can be run in two channel or can be bridged. It is a great match for Sonus Faber with tones of power. Its very open, smooth, and images unbeleavably well just like Sonus Faber. It is also the most transparent amp I have ever heard. Good luck in the search!!

Garfish, I thank you profoundly for your kind words and compliments. Actually, it is you who serves as a great role model on what we members can aspire to be. Your posts have always garnered the respect and admiration(from many people) that your intelligence and personality bring to this site. You have read me right. Why is it Krell? That's the point of this thread Twhitsel. My goal is that through this thread we can come to understand why it is that Krell has become THE high end manufacturer that is capable of such venomous debate. The history of Mark Levinson(the company) products has followed a parallel path to Krell. Nobody jumps on Levinson owners(although they usually don't go around saying they are the sole bearers of audio wisdom). And what of the products that are REALLY different? You don't see people attacking SET amplifiers, and they are much farther away from what has been the standard than Krell. Why not attack Bob Carver? His Lightstar/Sunfire products certainly follow a more different pathway than Krell. What about Triangle? Their speakers break as many of the "rules" as any mass-fi product. While I like with some designs, and don't care for others, I don't lose my cool when someone mentions a name. Who cares? If someone uses a product other than what I like, my only hope is that they enjoy it.

I think everyone has a good point because everyone is right and we all should at least respect that. All these postings are just opinions and nothing more. You cannot question why another posted his opinion because after all you're only posting your opinion about their posting. Don't read it if you don't like it. It's American and we all have the right and the previledge to state our opinions. Now that I have gotten that off my chest, what do I think off all this? Well..I once saw a special on the Discovery Channel about the apes civilization and was intrique that the dominant male apes often hump the other less dominant male apes not to demonstrate their sexuality but to show their power and control within their community. Scientist now have learned our society shows similar behaviours. They discovered that us male behave the same way. Although we don't demonstrate physical humping, we show this behavior through owning expensive assets. This is how we let other males know what we have more money (a.k.a. power) than them. In conlusion, I think some of us are here in the forum to show off our what we own (how many times have we heard a new thread starting with "I own or I have or I recently purchased"), to seek advices, to show off our expertise, and to initiate in conflicts. I wonder if some of you Krell haters dislike Krell period or dislike Krell because it's not worth the price? You've got to be lying if you would take a Krell for $100. Perhaps the real question is maybe we are all in this forum because we don't have anything better to do than to talk to a bunch of strangers. Shouldn't you all be listening to your high priced stereo?

Audiogon chat forum is for chatting about audio related "stuff"-- not for listening to music or discussing apes, IMO. I own no Krell equipment, but considerd their FPB 200 before buying McCormack DNA-2DX. Krell is certainly a successful well respected high end audio manufacturer and has always been well reviewed in the audio press. Likje Trelja, I'm just curious as to why at the mere mention of the name Krell, it brings out Krell haters out of the woodwork and from under the floorboards. Craig.