Taralabs cables

500 hrs absolutely will do it...probably less.  I’m sticking with my Vanguard for now...perhaps if they release a 200w/ch version with Beefier Toroidal...but I am interested in your impressions.

 Hi dave_b, The krell k 300I continues to burn in,  currently,  uncanny clarity has emerged from the sound stage,  mid-range  sounds impressive,  bass sounds natural,  but I'm in hope's of it getting much more deeper,  at first,  their was an emphasis on the upper mid-range that seemed to be on the bright side, that seems to be settling down  now to sound natural,  at high volumes,  this amplifier runs hot, but not to hot, warmest little krell I've encountered,  does your vanguard do this? 

Mine has the fans to keep it from overheating.  Does the K300i still have the panoramic effect to the soundstage?  I love the large and wide soundstage with medium depth...I like to feel closer to the musicians than being to far removed. 

One of my biggest questions was what happened to the large scale Caps for the preamplifier stage that are seen in the Vanguard?  Not a lot of detail given about new preamp stage for K300i.

Hi dave_b,  This amplifier has the large and wide sound stage with medium depth, I do know that this model k 300I integrated amplifier   is the first ever built  by krell to have class A amplifier and pre-amplifier, this also has the Krell XD modification,  krell does not stress an invitation to upgrade this amplifier to XD Since this model integrated amplifier is where XD derived from and is already implemented  within this model,  I believe that is why this has uncanny clarity that I mentioned,  I'm assuming this unit gets hot when driven hard because all of it is class A, no worries,  it does not get to hot, just A lot warmer than past krell integrated amplifier's that I remember.