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What happened to Krell

I was out of the HiFi world for the past 8 years and in the past few months that I have been back, I never hear much about Krell anymore. Are their products not as good as they used to be? From what little I have read, it seems like its their low priced (low for Krell) equipment isn't what it used to be. I have not read any reviews, but I am so surprised because they were the one main alternative to McIntosh that I was looking at when i was considering Dynaudio and B&W speakers.
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wolf_garcia
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Nelson Pass seems to be doing OK...and Dan D'Agostino seems to have realized the need for more $60,000 amps in the marketplace...bless his little heart. Both are US based.
mezmo
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Yea, not sure anything's changed all that much -- just the model numbers. Rowland's recently come out with ~$30k monoblocks. Ayre's monoblocks clock in just south of $20k. Dan D'Agostino apparently outgrew Krell, but his new copper-cooled monsters are a sight to behold (if nothing else). Pass, of course -- and undoubtedly others. So, if your goal is to drop some outrageous coin on US-made SS amps, don't think you'll have any problem doing so at all.
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elberoth2
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The new Krell S300i integrated is rather good, even though their entry line is made in china now. It is much better than the kav300i and kav400xi models it replaced.
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