Hey Rand,
Thank you and your friend for the kind words, but I don't totally agree with his point about not being able to get good sound for both music and HT from one system. I've gone to great lengths to optimize my system for 2 channel performance. I have my left and right front speakers set out into my room 7' from the back wall. The TV and equipment rack are 4' back from the front speakers to give the speakers room to breathe and create the soundstage. Also, when I listen to music I switch my Plinius from A/B to class A, which keeps constant current on the ready when the speakers need it. All of this, with the tube output CDP going through the analog pass through in the Krell helps me get very smooth, uncolored, music reproduction with great detail and a very large soundstage. I do agree that you will get better performance from a dedicated 2 channel system but I do as well as most with what I have and I do not have two rooms to set up separate systems for both music and HT. I also believe strongly that if your system does music well, it will do movies just as well. Since you do not care for music with this system, then by all means, the Krell HTS-1 will serve you very well. With the amps, it will depend on how easy/difficult the speakers you choose will be to drive. The reason I upgraded from the Krell KAV-500 was it did not have the juice to drive speakers that are a 4 Ohm load. Also, you want an amp that will give you plenty of dynamic headroom for the sound tracks you will be reproducing from dvd movies. I would recommend a minimum of 200w per channel into 8 Ohms. That should be more than enough, even if you have a 4 ohm speaker that has a sensitivity of, say, 86 dbs. That was the rating of the speakers that caused the KAV-500 to run out of gas on demanding passages in movies or if I turned the music up too loud. Another thing I would recommend is not to skimp on the DVD player. The better players have better chip sets and dacs that make for better sound and picture reproduction. I truly hope this all helps.......John
Thank you and your friend for the kind words, but I don't totally agree with his point about not being able to get good sound for both music and HT from one system. I've gone to great lengths to optimize my system for 2 channel performance. I have my left and right front speakers set out into my room 7' from the back wall. The TV and equipment rack are 4' back from the front speakers to give the speakers room to breathe and create the soundstage. Also, when I listen to music I switch my Plinius from A/B to class A, which keeps constant current on the ready when the speakers need it. All of this, with the tube output CDP going through the analog pass through in the Krell helps me get very smooth, uncolored, music reproduction with great detail and a very large soundstage. I do agree that you will get better performance from a dedicated 2 channel system but I do as well as most with what I have and I do not have two rooms to set up separate systems for both music and HT. I also believe strongly that if your system does music well, it will do movies just as well. Since you do not care for music with this system, then by all means, the Krell HTS-1 will serve you very well. With the amps, it will depend on how easy/difficult the speakers you choose will be to drive. The reason I upgraded from the Krell KAV-500 was it did not have the juice to drive speakers that are a 4 Ohm load. Also, you want an amp that will give you plenty of dynamic headroom for the sound tracks you will be reproducing from dvd movies. I would recommend a minimum of 200w per channel into 8 Ohms. That should be more than enough, even if you have a 4 ohm speaker that has a sensitivity of, say, 86 dbs. That was the rating of the speakers that caused the KAV-500 to run out of gas on demanding passages in movies or if I turned the music up too loud. Another thing I would recommend is not to skimp on the DVD player. The better players have better chip sets and dacs that make for better sound and picture reproduction. I truly hope this all helps.......John