Reading back I see that the OP Audiolover718 says his system sounds great now - that's wonderful. Glad it worked out for you. Still would be curious to know what speakers you are using if you see this.
I hear you Wolf_garcia. I love my Music Reference RM9 100 wpc tube amp. But here is the thing. It puts me at the 15th row of a night club's music scene which is pretty cool. The Krell however puts me in the 5th row up front. So much energy there. Now the back rows I have to admit were better in the younger days ......for checking out all the chicks. Also no lights dimming when I turn it on (20 amp circuit) - I do close my eyes when the utility bill comes in though. Still I am able to listen all day and night if I wish and not have to strip down like I had to do with the OTL 195's. Again in my younger days this could lead to good things. These days it leads to strange looks and questions.
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Not sure why you had a problem with 20 amp and your Krell amp. As you know the Krell 600 is cruising with B&W Matrix 800 which were Dan D'Agostino's personal speakers in this amp era. Any thoughts of having to tweak the power panel (non-existent). The Apogees mentioned on this thread - Apples to Oranges. Much greater amp load, and load on the house power. I guess I can maybe understand why an Apogee owner would search for power tweaks with those speakers. Does make me wonder what kind of bad ass speakers you must own? Maybe on another thread we can discuss this.
fwiw - I sold a classe ca300 to an Apogee owner. He used it on them with those autoformers....
Happy Listening.
02-23-15: Wolf_garcia
Interestingly (only to me perhaps), after switching to a moderately powered tube power amp (60 to 85 watts or so per side) I found that the lights no longer dimmed at loud passages like they did with my previous 100 watt pc high current SS amp.
I hear you Wolf_garcia. I love my Music Reference RM9 100 wpc tube amp. But here is the thing. It puts me at the 15th row of a night club's music scene which is pretty cool. The Krell however puts me in the 5th row up front. So much energy there. Now the back rows I have to admit were better in the younger days ......for checking out all the chicks. Also no lights dimming when I turn it on (20 amp circuit) - I do close my eyes when the utility bill comes in though. Still I am able to listen all day and night if I wish and not have to strip down like I had to do with the OTL 195's. Again in my younger days this could lead to good things. These days it leads to strange looks and questions.
@audiolabyrinth
Not sure why you had a problem with 20 amp and your Krell amp. As you know the Krell 600 is cruising with B&W Matrix 800 which were Dan D'Agostino's personal speakers in this amp era. Any thoughts of having to tweak the power panel (non-existent). The Apogees mentioned on this thread - Apples to Oranges. Much greater amp load, and load on the house power. I guess I can maybe understand why an Apogee owner would search for power tweaks with those speakers. Does make me wonder what kind of bad ass speakers you must own? Maybe on another thread we can discuss this.
fwiw - I sold a classe ca300 to an Apogee owner. He used it on them with those autoformers....
Happy Listening.