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    Overkill?

    Anyone know anything about this Krell Master Reference amp?
    http://www.krellonline.com/html/m_MRS.html
    There was an article in this morning's newspaper on Krell, and mentioned this amp costs $60,000 and weighs almost 700 lbs!! 1000 watts/8 ohms, 2000/4, 4000/2, 8000/1, 16000/.5!!

    Specs: http://www.soundbysinger.com/krell/mra.pdf

    John

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    1000w? ha!

    lookie here!
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    Let me put my bulletproof vest on!

    Ill be right back!

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    OK, about Krell!

    Krell. Very cosmetically imposing design.

    Electrically capable of delivering massive quantites of current into very low impedance loads!

    I heard Krell a couple of times now, and they make great bass, very tight, excellent definition, grand extension, without becoming tubby, or soft!

    BUT, yeah, theres a but! DID NOT LIKE the way the Krell sounds up into the midrange and highs! Kind of no where near as smooth or liquid sounding as a McIntosh amp. The highs were edgy sounding!

    Krell is great as a subwoofer amp, but youll have to refinance your home to own one!

    Jus my opinion!

    BTW, the Krell amps I heard were the FPB 300, and the FPB 600, and the 600 was the flagship amp in the line at that time!

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    I also found some reviews of this Master Reference amp online that were less than flattering... For the price you could pick up a pair of JBL K2-S9800's and just about any other amps you wanted.

    John

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