Pass labs krell parasound amps

totally subjective but

when I look at Krell, i always think that they made it look so ugly ON PURPOSE  to challenge their buyers to get over the aesthetics and just focus on the sound.

It must sound incredible if people still buy them despite their looks. 

I'm using a Coda #8 V1. I was using it with a Holo Audio Serene KTE preamp with excellent results but now have it paired with a new BAT VK-80 Tube preamp. It's a magical pairing especially with my Magnepan speakers! The V1 amp has heatsinks for a 400-watt amp (Very cool running) but is a 150-watt Class A/B with the first 18 watts Class A and a 10-year warranty and 5-year transferable warranty. 40 output transistors, 150 AMPS peak current and a massive 3Kva toroidal transformer. The amplifier can be upgraded by Coda free of charge (Minus shipping costs) to a V2 at 250 watts into 8 ohms or a V3, 400 watts into 8 ohms. All these power levels Double into 4 ohms. Highly recommended amp.

@gano Krell were first to introduce beauty in the form of blue power-on LEDs.  My KSA-80 with its massive external fins protruding way beyond the facia must be the ugliest of all!  While it is rated at only 80-Watts into eight Ohms, this doubles for 4 Ohms and again for 2 Ohms where it is rated 320 Watts RMS per channel.  For decades I used it to power Quad ESL-63 and ESL-2509 electrostatics which protect themselves from over-high input voltages by presenting as a short-circuit to the amplifier.  I tried powering them with a Luxman valve amp, but it put out high voltage spikes when switching on, which caused the speakers to clamp.  Could never get the amp and the speakers to be powered up at the same time!  No such issue with the Krell.

@richardbrand I bet they are good! And i also bet some people find them beautiful. 

@richardbrand I'll bet it's more than 80 watts into 8ohm, most manufacturers that claim this doubling underrate the 8ohm measurement, still the krell ksa amps are as close as you can get to a perfect voltage source.