Thoughts on Krell FPB series? 600 in particular.

I am a big fan of my FPB 300cx amp. Unkless you have a very demanding speaker load, I cannot imagine this amp not giving you all the slam and high end sparkle you need or want. Plus, it is bulletproof. Mine is almost 11 years old and never had even a hiccup.

Neal

I also have the 300cx and love it. Seems reliable as a rock. The 300 will work with a standard household 15 amp plug. I believe if you go 400 or 700cx the manual suggests using a 20 amp recepticle. You can look at the manual online at the Krell website to verify.
Have fun, John

Hi Jcatral14, If you are wondering what I own, It is a modded Krell FpB 700cx, modded meaning Krell themselfs put todays current caps, all caps, versus the caps that was available in 2005, I will have it back next month from Krell, It is totally renewed inside and out, everything!, A brand new 700 cx, I spent a boat load of money to make this happen!, one of the very few in this country new at this level of modds and renewed, if eany, krell told me, And yes, I have owned other Krell amps, the amp I get back, according to Krell will be alot better than the 700cx amps out there, we will see if that is true, cheers.

One has to be careful when justifying the cost to performance difference.
I mean that going from a ksa 250 to a fpb600 is not only a big step in amp output but also a different sound.
But going from a fpb 600/c to a evolution 600 is not a apples n oranges of a difference but the cost factor soon kicks in.

I had a Krell FPB300 many years ago and thought it was a sweet sounding amp with a warm, if not slightly dark tonality. It sounded a tad grainy when compared to my Rowland 8TiHC.

While researching new Krell amps recently, I often hear that the cx and mcx series of amps are some of the best of that generation. More extended in the highs, but still the same dynamics and bass slam.

@Audiolabyrinth, you will likely get Evo internals in your 700cx (that's what a Krell dealer recently told me). I recently had the 900e monos and they were dead silent, totally neutral, extended at both ends and with the typical dynamics and control Krell amps are known for. The sound is a little leaner than what I remember of my FPB300, and just a shade leaner than my Rowland, but still a great sounding amp that could drive any speaker.