The End Of Big Iron?


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Once upon a time you could buy a 1,000 wpc, a 900 wpc and a 750 wpc monoblock from Krell. You could buy a 1,000 wpc monoblock from Pass Labs. Now, 575 wpc is the biggest you can get from Krell and 600 wpc is the biggest you can get from Pass Labs. The muscle of flagship amps in those mfgs has been virtually halved. I mean, was 1,000 wpc, 900 wpc, or a 750 wpc amplifier ever necessary? If they were, why are they no longer necessary? What has changed in audio or speaker technology to cause the dwindling of 'muscle' amps?
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I have a fully recapped (214 caps)Krell FPB 600 and a 700cx that are in mint shape and only need one ...cash pickup or shipping in Canada only..
THESE ARE BIG IRON..
These actually will almost put out 1000w/ch
The rest are Mark Levinson. .ML 333...332..331..&..335
you can call me crazy!, In 2012, I bought a used Krell 700cx, took me two years to get the amp modded, renewed cosmetics too, this was because of the lack of money, however, The amp is Brand new inside and out, sounds incredibly better than before by alot!, I bought this amp because I knew the good ole days of Big Iron were Over, I cannot justify buying an amp for alot of money and my step son of 14 can pick it up by himself, At the cost of High-end, I feel like at 180 pounds and extreme heat of a rocket engine of pure class A, I got my $11,500.00 worth that I have into this amp, I have no regrets, it has 2014 caps that were not available in 2005, and a huge amount of other parts were replaced, you should see the bag of parts that was sent back to me, The sound is like a much more exspensive amp that is not a krell, incredible treble, grainless pure Bliss, NOT ever brittle!, Never heard a krell amp do this, I have heard alot of amps out there, tube or solid state that cost in the stratiesphere, I believe I am very satiesfied compaired to those more exspensive other amps.,, cheers.
I cannot see why people would ever need more then 250WPC. Most speakers do not require more then 50wpc continuously. Top power can by much much greater.

The Passlabs XA series sound better then the X series even though the XA is less powerful.
I believe I will accept your invitation and say you are certainly crazy to invest that much in that amp. However, I give you credit for putting your money (lots of it) where your mouth is. You sound very happy and for all I know, in the long run, you may prove to be the smartest guy on this forum. Crazy people always think everyone else is crazy.
If your 14 year old can easily lift 180 lbs. he's one damn strong kid.
Always wanted one of the big Krells, but their amps weighed over 100 lbs and I could not see myself trying to move one and always needing help. I think many folks who would have considered some of these big amps passed for similar reasons and the smaller market for these amps shrank even more as time went on. It may have caused all the manufacturers to pause.