I haven’t heard the Krell, but it got soundly beaten in a head to head shootout against a Hegel 390 and I think a Levinson in a recent review. The Hegel won. This despite the Krell and Levinson costing thousands more.
I don’t have an opinion on it.
I will say the Krell inbuilt fans would give me pause, perhaps. Annoying enough when my laptop fan kicks in ....
sorry I don’t remember where I read the shootout article. What I remember tho was the reviewer saying Hegel wins on sound quality regardless of price. That it costs much less was an added bonus. Take such reviews with as many grains of salt as you prefer I suppose. As I recall it didn’t go into a ton of depth with the comparisons.
edit: found it, here it is - HiFiCritic mag
https://www.hegel.com/images/reviews/H390hificriticuk.pdf
I don’t have an opinion on it.
I will say the Krell inbuilt fans would give me pause, perhaps. Annoying enough when my laptop fan kicks in ....
sorry I don’t remember where I read the shootout article. What I remember tho was the reviewer saying Hegel wins on sound quality regardless of price. That it costs much less was an added bonus. Take such reviews with as many grains of salt as you prefer I suppose. As I recall it didn’t go into a ton of depth with the comparisons.
edit: found it, here it is - HiFiCritic mag
https://www.hegel.com/images/reviews/H390hificriticuk.pdf