Hi Don
I have owed a couple of KSA 200's and would have to admit I think the sound is great, but I have a slightly strange setup/situation a large room high ceiling thick stone walls and not very efficient loudspeakers (Linn Isobarik - passive)
The problem with these amps is they are now getting on a bit, if you can find one in good useable condition it is likely to be expensive. I agree with some of the other views expressed that the ones worth having were the KSA series, if you have to go through a recapping procedure as I tried to, I found it difficult to find someone to supply the correct grade of capacitors and the cost of them alone was going to be over £1500.00 here in the UK plus labour and possibly other parts being required as well.
I rather reluctantly at first replaced it with a Mark Levinson No. 532 Amp, this is not class A but I have been very pleased with it indeed.
For me it does all that the Krell did and a lot more and has the added advantage that you are not generating the same amount of heat either, I was told that my KSA200 was sucking 2.2Kw of power when just turned on!
The Levinson runs much much cooler I personally find the sound at least if not more powerful that the Krell but with even more detail, I just can't recommend it highly enough.
If you want real grunt with great detail and a fine sound it's the way to go in my book!
Matthew Lewis
I have owed a couple of KSA 200's and would have to admit I think the sound is great, but I have a slightly strange setup/situation a large room high ceiling thick stone walls and not very efficient loudspeakers (Linn Isobarik - passive)
The problem with these amps is they are now getting on a bit, if you can find one in good useable condition it is likely to be expensive. I agree with some of the other views expressed that the ones worth having were the KSA series, if you have to go through a recapping procedure as I tried to, I found it difficult to find someone to supply the correct grade of capacitors and the cost of them alone was going to be over £1500.00 here in the UK plus labour and possibly other parts being required as well.
I rather reluctantly at first replaced it with a Mark Levinson No. 532 Amp, this is not class A but I have been very pleased with it indeed.
For me it does all that the Krell did and a lot more and has the added advantage that you are not generating the same amount of heat either, I was told that my KSA200 was sucking 2.2Kw of power when just turned on!
The Levinson runs much much cooler I personally find the sound at least if not more powerful that the Krell but with even more detail, I just can't recommend it highly enough.
If you want real grunt with great detail and a fine sound it's the way to go in my book!
Matthew Lewis