Anybody heard Krell SACD mkIII?


Hello Fellow Audiogoners.
Just trying to get some info on MKIII SACD Standard player and how it compares to previous models.Thanks.
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Just got a SACD MKIII from our Krell dealer to listen for the weekend.
The display is now white characters over blue background and can be easily read 3m away. Mechanical noise is lower than the mkI version. I have both units side by side and will compare them.
After 18 hours warm-up we listened to both Krell SACD units.
The same cables were used for both players and speakers were LAT1000.
Immediately after swapping the players we got the idea that the mk3 was more detailed and seemed to sound better defined, but also louder. However, checking levels with track 18 of the Sheffield Test and Demonstration disk has shown that levels were similar within 0.1 dB.
Listening to the infamous Jazz at the Pawnshop SACD, track one, confirmed the differences. Ambient was better defined and image floated with a better sense of space with the SACD mk3. Bass had more punch. Something very nice was that applauses seemed to come from the individual tables, not from the whole stage.
The display can be defeated and intensity can be switched among there levels and the remote is the same as the one from the SACD mkI with a small facelift.
The SACD MKIII transport is less noisier than the previous versions but is not completely silent - you can year some mechanism noise through the upper cooling slits, but can not be heard when you are 1 meter away from the unit.
Sealed units such as the ARC CD7 and the Nagra CDP are noiseless.
I only kept the unit for a few days. The noise is not excessive. The several seconds high noise, characteristic at startup of former units is now completely gone, and normal mechanism noise propagates mainly in the upper direction through the ventilation slots - it is not noticeable in normal use.
The sound quality is much improved.