What s wrong with Krell HTS?


I'm looking to buy an A/V preamp for music and HT and I noticed lots of used Home Theater Standard's for sale at attractive discounts. Is there something wrong with this unit? Is ths Proceed AVP better, easier to set up, etc.?
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Showing 2 responses by ericbee

Most Hi Fi nuts, myself included, always upgrade to the latest and greatest preamps. (or speakers or amps or whatever) Krell has decided to completely redesign their KAV line. That includes the HTS and all of the KAV amps. More important, the HTS now has several new features to go along with the new look, including an analog bypass. So, yes, everyone is running to dump their "old" HTS's to upgrade to the "new" HTS's. One more thing, ALL of the KAV amps are being discontinued..ALL! That includes the 150, 250, 250a/3, and the 1500. They are not being redesigned, they are being dropped, so you will also see alot of these amps going as well. They are making a new 5 channel HT amp only with more models to come later this year. So it's gonna be 1 5 channel HT amp and all of the other amps will be FPB. Hence the quick rush to sell.
The old KAV stuff sounds great, they are still currently the best sounding amps in their price range. The comments by Sabertouch are true. There are few differences between the 2 HTS's. As far as the software issue, call Krell and get the latest Eprom. It's free and all of the bugs have been addressed. Both my old HTS and new one had the same software eeprom and both work glitch free.