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Brulee

Sounds promising te Tabu.... what is FIM PC ?

Asa

Wow you seem to really know your stuff. My worry is that the AE 1's are pretty current hungry. Will the accuphase or EAR's be able to satisfy it?

The general consensus on this board seems to be against the Krells. A bit confused 'cos Stereophile seems to rate them highly for midrange and top end transparency although my experience with my system has been like you say a tad bright. Wasn't sure about the newer models.

Brulee

Sounds promising te Tabu.... what is FIM PC ?

Thanks for the feedback so far.

RCPrince I think I can go to around $5-6k. Am currently using an older Krell pre power combi which smokes too often for my liking and am considering I suppose downgrading.

Have Acoustic Energy AE 1's (hence my post in the loudspeakers forum), a combination of Cardas Quadlink 5 C (single ended)and Straightwire Virtuoso (balanced)interconnects, Naim NACA5 speaker cables, Aural Symphonics Digital Statement coaxial cable linking Micromega transport to Mark Levinson 36 DAC.

Am trying to minimise the outlay and avoid hassles with smoking so looking for an integrated. Like mostly jazz small groups plus some big band and R&B, Pop, etc. so looking for an all rounder. Find the current set up a tad bright and so I guess that is also a criterion.

Would appreciate more specific comments.

Thanks

Dave