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What Ever Happened To The Krell SACD Standard?

This was a highly regarded SACD/CD player that was only in regular production for just about a year. Has anyone heard of a replacement? Krell is currently (since April) making only DVD/CD players. I think it's very strange for this company not to have a dedicated audio-only player in their KAV and/or Class A series. Very un-Krell like...
telenetusainc5717
hifimaniac
508 posts
 
I was told by Patrick in service Krell is working on a universal player for CD/SACD/DVD-A. They also had trouble getting the transport mechanism from Philips for the SACD.
spiritualized
138 posts
 
They had to stop making it after Philips discontinued the transport.
reb1208
518 posts
 
I think that is too bad that they may have decided on a Universal design. When I spoke to them, they indicated no DVD-A. Maybe they still will just go with cd/sacd. Certainly would interest me as I'm not into video in the same box as audio.
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