Krell's new direct i-pod connection.

since you know the krell integrated so well, any advice regarding power supply and/or upgrades?. good idea or am i drinking the kool-aid a bit?.

just posted a question on the tech forum about installing a dedicated line, porter ports and a surge protector. currently have base $1 outlets and a monster sp.

thanks and cheers
Lev

Quality AC lines and recepticles are always a plus. Surge protectors just plain suck! They rob a system of low level detail and alter certain frequency domains which effects tonality, dynamics etc... A great power cord, IC and speaker cables will do the most good however:O)

I listened to this integrated today with the B & W CM9 loudspeakers. They sounded warm and amazingly crisp, minus the 50hz drop off that the loudspeakers cut out. I couldn't believe how sonic-ally awesome the recording of the MGMT album sounded! I was giggling with amazement since I sold all my good audio gear since I've been an apartment guy for the past 5 years and got tired of lugging it around. I haven't heard that level of music in awhile.

The thing I didn't like about it was that the Krell froze up when I plugged my iphone into the cable. That was a red flag. The other was that the amp had noise in it in IPOD mode, while hooked up to my iphone. My Iphone was transmission disabled (in airplane mode) and I still heard weird noise not in the music while listening to a lossless piece of the first track of Darkside of the Moon. The dealer said probably, a bad cable. Really?! The other thing I didn't like was that the amp had a lot of noise when the music was paused and stepping up or down the gain. The guy at the store said that was common with the digital integrated amps. He said that when a little ESD affects the outside of the case that it can mess it up.

Is that true? That would mean bad grounding right?

me thinks there was a problem with the set-up you were listening too. i use my ipod hookup often and have never experienced any of your stated issue's/concerns.

the i-pod connection in the s-300i was a major contributing factor as to why i went with the krell. since i have mine for sale right now...i'll only mention what a great integrated value this piece is imho.

try listening to another unit or set-up. nothing normal about what you heard from my experience with the s-300i. i absolutely loved the i-pod sound threw the krell (as far as i-pod connections go that is).

I had the KID hooked to my 400xi- hated the cost with Tara Labs balanced cables- love the sound. Pulls up the MP3 sound to very near CD quality- with lossless it competes well will with my rotel 1520 CD player.