Krell guys please help new Krell owner with preamp


I have read about a million threads on the forum but never posted until tonight. Just this past weekend I picked up a Krell KSA 100S as my first power amp. I have been using a big receiver up until now. I am trying to figure out what direction to go for my preamp. My budget will allow up to $700-1500 if I buy soon. I am concerned with being able to integrate the preamp into home theater (dvd movies) and multi channel sacd/dvd audio once I get my rears. I am really concerned with having a great 2 channel set up. I currently am running it through my receiver(temporarily) and can't wait to get a good matching preamp for the Krell. My current system is as follows:
Harman Kardon AVR 7200
Yamaha S2300 universal player
Martin Logan Grotto sub
Coincident Speaker Technology Total Eclipse Rear (for front left and right)
B&W HTM 7 center channel
Audioquest Cheetah 24v IC
Van den Hul IC for power amp
Luminous Audio speaker cable

I really appreciate any help you can provide me. It seems like most people favor tube preamps to ss. What are fellow Krell KSA owners using for their preamp. Is their a magic match that I haven't read about yet?
nicksgem10s

Showing 1 response by sogood51

Krell amps are fairly neutral and will pass any flavor of sound you would like. I have a tube pre-amp mated with my Ksa-250 at this time. Before this I had a Bent Audio passive for around a year.

Dave