DA Krell not nearly as good as DA DA, or was it?

Gang,

This is hard to do cause I’m relyling on audible memory and very different situations, BUT!!

In another thread about Luxman vs. D’Agostino amps a poster threw a bunch of shade on D’Agostino amps being mostly like Krell, so let me ask the real experts here.

Was Dan D’Agostino era Krell anything like modern D’Agostino branded amps?

My aural memory, a terribly unreliable thing, says no. Krell was never that good. It was super powerful, able to drive impossible loads, but when it came down to listening, meh.

OTOH, I really like, and really can’t afford, D’Agostino. Am I totally wrong??