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Vintage Krell Amplifiers from the 80’s & 90’s.

Hello all! What do you think of the Krell KSA-100, the mighty Krell KRS-100 or the Krell-200 Reference Series Monoblock Amplifiers? I think it is better than the Krell KAV. The KAV is good I just think the KRS is better sounding in the middle and highs. Both have great bass slam. I have also owned the mighty FPB-700 and the Evolution 402e as well as the EVO One. Some say the Evolution 600 and 900e was better than the Evolution one. I can't comment since I haven't own them. Hard to beat a high current Pure Class A Monoblock Amplifier. What are your thoughts? Also the Chord SPM-6000 was incredible as well. Please chime in.

decathlon1991

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I own older Soundlabs that are TOUGH to drive. When I bought them I had a pair of pricey Lamm hybrid monoblocks. A friend was about to buy Soundlabs because he loved mine, so he trotted over one day with a KSA250 that he could purchase to drive them. Well, after about two minutes after putting in the KSA250, all jaws in the room dropped. A few hours later, I was advertising my Lamms to sell. 

Ended up with a FBP300 which years later is still driving my Soundlabs much to my delight. I don't really have an opinion on post-D'Agastino Krell gear, but those older class A amps are pretty darn special. Cheers,

Spencer

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