Jea48, another thing I wanted to say to you, first off, you have my respect, I bought this amp and refurbished it beyound oem because it is the last of the big iron of amps, it's the biggest most powerful stereo amp in krell history!, sure their may be better, I am thrilled with what this amp does jim, it's the kind I can ride off into the sunset with, I care less about the best next thing, very good sound is never absolete to me, sometimes, one needs to think about getting off the merry go round, do you believe that?, I do, tring to build something special here, krell already has informed me I am the only they know of with an amp like this that is modded, may not be the last to do all this, I do know this amp sounds hugely better than it did, all this took me two years jim, back and fourth this amp went to krell!, I have had it all complete as of december 2014, not very long at all,mated with tube equipment, it's magical sounding,cheers.
Amp and preamp on same outlet?
Just how much of a no-no is this? ARC goes as far to print in their manual to say to have the amp and preamp on their own circuit. I live in an apt. and I'm forced to have both plugged into the same outlet. Cords just don't reach....How much sound quality is lost by doing this? It sounds great as is, but is there a major detriment to this? I'm curious.
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03-06-15: Audiolabyrinth Well, there you go Jim! You have that going for you now. ;^) |
03-06-15: Jea48 @ Jea48 I spoke with my tech today and I asked him about the breaker panel question you had. This fellow has worked on the master Krells as a Krell tech and is independent now almost retired status. This was over the phone and I caught him in a parking lot, but he did tell me the breaker on the back of the Krell amps has four wires. It will go off not only by heat, but through something being wrong in the music signal path electronically. This is done remotely and is tied into the soft start at the front of he amp. He could not say for sure being in a parking lot, but he believe this breaker is rated for 20 amp. He has had to replace only one in his time servicing these amps. Also the stock Krell cord indeed has a 15 amp male plug, and probably for the reason you mentioned here earlier, but he feels it is good for 35 amps. It is a heavy sonofabitch. One more thing. I brought up what was discussed here about putting a 30 amp breaker in the fuse panel on a 20 amp line. He laughed, called it counter productive and for what ? He does not support it, for some of reasons stated here and used some words that I can't publish here. He then rimmed me and told me to stop reading internet banter. I told him it was cabin fever but that today is a nice day so I will go out and play. Well ....I needed an excuse to call him. he is over hauling my Music Reference RM9. Good news is I should be getting it back soon. **************************** 03-06-15: Audiolabyrinth Hi Audiolabyrinth $11.500 ? A total recap (small and large caps) and refurbishing of the big Krell amps, parts and labor by a qualified tech is in the $2000 range. You spent 5 times this amount. You must have made some design changes. Hotrodded it ? Assuming you now have a one of a kind Krell amp, and this explains some of the anomalies you were hearing with the 20 amp service ? .... which I just could not understand. Enjoy it. Happy Listening. |
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