Did I make a mistake buying Krell?

It is my opinion when purchasing a pair of speakers you are laying the foundation to hopefully a very good system. Most of your dollars should go there and matching other components are critical. When reading other peoples reviews on amps the first thing I would look at is what type of speakers are being used in this review. Personal preferences will of course prevail as some audiophiles like a more extended (brighter), accurate sound, others prefer a warmer musical sound. A general opinion can be formed as to what amps sound good with a particular brand of speakers but regardless which sound is prefered in the end, it would have to have the refinements usually associated with quality gear in my opinion. Finally, transparency, a soundstage that is both large and deep are high on my list as well.

I tried a sunfire as well, 2 channel something around 2300.00 price... I hated it, very cold sounding definatly, however carver and sunfire always makes pretty good preamps... With klipsch I heard the sunfire and it was the worst mix.

Okay, I'll spend a little more time with the Krell and let it settle in to it's new environment. I'm stuck with the Klipsch speakers, so I need to give the Krell a fair trail. If I don't like the Krell and sell it, I'll try a tube integrated.

I ended up buying an integrated because I knew that there was better out there. I'm keeping the Sunfire combo for HT and the integrated is for 2 channel only.

I will agree Krellm7, I'm hearing alot more accuracy with the Krell than I ever did with the Sunfire.

The 300i will do Class A for the first few watts, about 70% of your average listing volume.

the krell is using very little of its rated power to drive your speakers. your speakers line-of-fire should also cross just in front of where you sit.give it time.....