RmRobinson1957,
Although haven't listened to Krell I believe in Krell's excellent handling of the bass given the number of acolations they receive. It might come down to your expectation for the total package, from top to bottom of the frequency range. As for me, I can tell you that I have not heard of any Class AB amp. coming near to realism that a Class A amp can, such as my XA60.5. Elsewhere in this thread I already described what that means. As to the bass itself, my speakers have their own powered subwoofers but I don't crank up their volume because too much bass would cloud out everything else. Leaving the sound to its natural setting, I have no problem at all getting distinctive bass that pound the ground when the music calls for it. As to comment about preamp, mine is the Bryston SP2 playing music on the 2-channel bypass mode. Bryston is known for bass. Perhaps that helps; perhaps it doesn't make a difference to the Pass XA60.5.
Although haven't listened to Krell I believe in Krell's excellent handling of the bass given the number of acolations they receive. It might come down to your expectation for the total package, from top to bottom of the frequency range. As for me, I can tell you that I have not heard of any Class AB amp. coming near to realism that a Class A amp can, such as my XA60.5. Elsewhere in this thread I already described what that means. As to the bass itself, my speakers have their own powered subwoofers but I don't crank up their volume because too much bass would cloud out everything else. Leaving the sound to its natural setting, I have no problem at all getting distinctive bass that pound the ground when the music calls for it. As to comment about preamp, mine is the Bryston SP2 playing music on the 2-channel bypass mode. Bryston is known for bass. Perhaps that helps; perhaps it doesn't make a difference to the Pass XA60.5.