i own the Krell Illusion pre along with the Krell Duo 300xd with the ibias tech
and the fans in the back never come on no matter how hard i am driving them
I usually listen to them at low volume with great reasults as they run Class A up trough there power curve due to the ibias tech I also use all Sil-tech cables for my interconnects and speakers I would think if you found a used Duo 300xd i would not pass it up