Misskuma, well you would have more insight I have only heard other krells, however I own upgraded Wadia's with the best analog components you can get, so is it better who knows?, but digital sounds as analog as a player gets with dynamic punch in my case with this player. I have little experiance with the Metronome but heard a real nice player from them, its cheap and worth a shot to at least give Saki70 a basis on what direction to go, I agree however on the repair issue's that could approch.
Beyond that I understand if the krell is your choice, however this thread is for 2000.00 used, not 4000.00. So pushing apples or oranges will be Saki70's choice here to extend the budget to double in order to pick up a krell of that cost. So I will agree on this, for 2000.00 you will get a lot more wadia player than krell at that point, okay with that?