krell & merlin what next?


My friend just recently lent me his krell ksa150, to drive my merlin gen III. Prior to that I had been using a pass a40 which was very satisfactory, the pass is not very powerful but it is musical, I get engaged into the music. Then I got this krell and I noticed how the sound was effortless, there was no struggle , there was more power and thick sounding bass, high frequency was there -all of it, and it was detailed . But I wasn't engaged like I get when I use my pass amp. What amp should I look for if I like the power of the krell and the engaging sound of the pass? Parasound, joule, atmasphere, CJ mf2500a, ar, theta, berning, hovland, convergent. I am looking to get the best sound possible, I liked what I heard when I listened to JM Labs divas, kharmas 3.1 with joule stargate, dynaudio c4 and the mbl's $45k top the list thanks for looking.
pedrillo

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While the Joule, Berning, CAT are all natural choices, there isn't one clear best for all. Read the archives, and you'll see many detailed descriptions of the relative merits of each of these combos.
I've got the Berning & love it, but if I had a bigger room and the $$$, I'd probably buy the Joule monos...Cheers,
Spencer