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Audio research and krell

So here goes I have a arc ref 5se and I am using a krell Kas 300s and recently I noticed the krell was making some noise when powered off so I made some calls to krell and found out that the older krell amps are not recommended to be used with tubes I have never heard this .so has anyone here heard this .second  question if that's the case what should I move to for a new amp I like the krell sound. Speakers are revel salon 1 transparent cables

tunawishing
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jjss49
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+1 @ghdprentice 

the krell downstream has no idea if the preamp plugged into it has tubes in it or not...

invalid
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There was a certain BAT tube preamp that had a problem and was putting out DC into amps. I've been running a tube preamp into a krell ksa300s for about 5 years now with no problems.

tunawishing OP
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Ok that's kinda how I felt I  checked for dc voltage on the out puts on both single ended and rear. 4 mv to start and after about 30 seconds nothing. I listen to just about everything I have an opportunity to get a pair of krell 450 mcx but not sure that what I want 

erik_squires
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AFAIK, Krell is DC coupled. If your preamp puts out any DC at all it can cause a problem. The solution is really simple, put a cap in series. 2 to 4uF should do.  Get as fancy as you'd like. :)

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I run a BAT VK51SE into a Krell FPB-300 for years and have never had an issue. FWIW, the Krell outperforms my previously owned Lamm hybrid monoblocks, especially in the bass performance feeding low efficiency, hard-to-drive  electrostatics.  Cheers,

Spencer

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