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| Is a Krell Standard upgraded to MKIII reliable Stereophile magazine gave the MKI model an A+ rating, the MKII & MKIII models have also received excellent reviews - it is well known that the MKIII is the best of the Standards by a good margin. As far as Krell's Customer Support/Service is c... | |
| Is a Krell Standard upgraded to MKIII reliable Montejay - I've had my MKIII since last October - so it is well broken-in by now. It was a MKII Unit upgraded to MKIII specs. The Krell Evolution Players also use this Transport, they've been out for a couple of years now and have also proven to b... | |
| Is a Krell Standard upgraded to MKIII reliable I purchased a Krell SACD Standard MKIII last year, and it has been working like a dream - the new Transport is fast and quiet - the new Display reflects the Disc Title, Artist and Track Title on SACDs, which is a nice feature. A great sounding &am... | |
| Are Wilson Sophia 2's lean in the midbass? Madfloyd - within my budget and for my listening room - I tried the PASS XA60.5 mono-blocks and X250.5 stereo amp. both sounded great through the Sophias - the XA60.5 has an estimated 120 Class A watts into 4-ohms, and the X250.5 has an estimated ... | |
| Are Wilson Sophia 2's lean in the midbass? Goatwuss > From what I have auditioned at Home and heard from in-Store demos on "Wilson Audio" Speakers - My favorite Amplifiers have been the PASS X.5 & XA.5 - with Krell Evolution a close 2nd - I haven't had the opportunity to listen to S... | |
| Are Wilson Sophia 2's lean in the midbass? I own these Speakers and have used them with Amplifiers from BAT, McIntosh, Krell & PASS and they have always sounded full-bodied and awesome - never lean - not even close. | |
| Wilson Sophia 2's on Marantz Reference Another vote for the Wilson Sophia here - I shopped/auditioned the Sophias against the B&W 802D and Revel Studio2 - and much preferred the Sophia - they simply sound more like real music to me - I have them set-up in a large room - with no mot... | |
| how much would you say a good set up cost A system budget is wholly dependant on the size of the Listening Room. To fill a large Room with sound, requires purchasing Large and powerful Speakers, which will require a powerful Amplifer(s) to properly drive them. A good Preamplifier and Sour... | |
| What's a good upgrade from a Krell 300cd cd player I have also heard (from dealers and owners) that when used in balanced mode the Evolution 505 and Standard MK3 sound awfully similar, and that unless you own a full CAST system the E 505 is simply not worth the additional $4K (based on sonics al... | |
| how much would you say a good set up cost $30K or so seems about right for an entry-level High-end System.My current rig sounds great @ $31.4KKrell SACD Standard MK3: $6KPASS X1: $5.9KPASS X250.5: $7.5KWilson Sophia: $12KI had a tough time trying to get to this level of performance for less. | |
| What's a good upgrade from a Krell 300cd cd player Another suggestion is to buy a used SACD Standard MK2 and have it upgraded (MK3) by Krell down the road. This will work-out much cheaper than buying a new MK3, which I believe retails for $6K. | |
| Krell KAV-400xi vs. Parasound A21+P3 I would go for the Parasound combo. here, unless you could squeeze into Krell's KAV-280p/2250 seperates, which should be a step-up sonically from the Parasound pair. The KAV-400xi and Parasound seperates are inexpensive enough to buy all 3 and A/B... | |
| What amp to replace BAT VK-250 w/Dali & Aesthetix? I recently purchased a new PASS X250.5 & X1 and have been very impressed. A wonderful sounding amplifier (quite possibly the best that I have heard), with plenty of power, plus great asthetics and build-quality. I also had the BAT, and feel th... | |
| Rowland JRDG 501 and Wilson Audio I use Wilson-Sophia with Pass Labs X1 & X250.5 and it simply sounds amazing! Jeff Rowland's Class D Amps were NOT a good match for me. I have found PASS LABS (current models) and Krell Evolution to be among the best electronics that I have yet... | |
| Bell Canto VS Pass Labs 26-lbs. (13-lbs x 2) vs. 150-lbs. pretty much sums it up, and believe me PASS has put that extra 124-lbs. to very good use...apples and oranges...PASS X350.5 all the way. |