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Krell Power Consumption

Hi,

I'm a bit new to ultra high end. I'm considering a Krell Evolution 402. One thing that jumps out at me is the power consumption in standby. The manual says it draws over 300 watts in stand by and recommends that you leave it on all the time. 300 watts 24/7. Good grief. Is this bogus or just the price you pay for a serious amplifier?

thanks for any advise.
wrf

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flashunlock
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The new Evo amps draws way too much in standby mode.... I own the FPB-740MCX monos which are class a and they only draw 45W each. The replacement Evo-900 monos draws 450W each in standby mode and they are class A/B. I wonder why Krell has gone this route when things are supposed to be GREENER???

Thanks
flashunlock
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Rhljazz...

That is so besides the point in what you had said.
FYI, I dont care the extra money needed to be spent in keeping the amps on standby. My point is why can't Krell make the new Evo amps consume the same amount as the older models.

Before you go into another one.... I just bought a pair of their reference mono's. :)

Cheers.
flashunlock
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Dave b...

Seems like you never tried the 402 with their newer evolution pre amps hence you found them dry sounding. You are spot on regarding only the Evo-1 being class A... go back and read what I said. Duhhhhh.
flashunlock
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Dave b,

You are correct that the FPB are tonally more liquid but when compared to the newer evo series especially the 202 pre to KCT, it is more correct and made the kct sounded very slow and dull.

Thanks
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