What Happened At Krell and Why The D'agostino Family Is Out

It is sad when I see something like this happen to one of the respected brands in hi end audio. My friend is finding out that the trade in value of his amp. is affected by this as well. Lets hope the founders of Krell get control back of the company they started.

Similar article posted here...
http://audioaficionado.org/krell/300...n-company.html

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I never really liked Krell gear.

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Preamps/tuners:McIntosh C50, C46, MR88, MR73, C2200, C22ce, Cary SPL-98L
Integrate amps:McIntosh MA6100, Denon PMA2000ivr
Amps: McIntosh Mc602, Mc2000, Mc275 MK-V, Cary 805ae mono blocks.
Speakers: JMLab Mezzo Utopia, Focal Twin6 BE, Tannoy Mini Autograph
Headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer T1, Denon D7000, Grado RS1i, Sony MDR-SA5000, MDR-Z1000, AKG K701, and many many more
Digital Sources:Sony SCD-1 & SCD777es, CDP-XA7es, 2010 Mac Mini Music Server, Amarra Mini player, Musical Fidelity V-Link & M1 DAC, Apogee Mini-DAC & Duet 2

I found many of their pieces interesting, and I hate to see any high end company have troubles. They certainly went after their own path which I find admirable. The gear was very well built, always very fast and demanding of other system units to me. I have heard their class a amps sound jaw dropping, and brittle depending on the associated equipment. Aurally they are on the other hemisphere from McIntosh, And I live somewhere in between at the moment.
Regards,
Jim

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I am very worried about this as well......Krell is building its S-300i integrated amplifier 100% in China......i wonder what else they make from now on will be Made in China? ...Anyone remember what happened to Carver when Bob Carver got voted out of his own company?The same thing that may be happening to Krell ........is this a sign of things to come for Krell? ....who knows? ,but i dont like where its going so far for Krell ........Resale value of their gear from what i have been hearing is dropping as well

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Main System:Mcintosh MC601's Amplifer,Mcintosh C50 Preamp,KEF Reference 207/2's Speakers,Music Hall MMF 9.1 TT ,Grant Fidelity Reference Tube CD-1000 Player Impression II,Acoustic Zen Absolute Shotgun Cables,Krell K.I.D Dock,Jungson MRCA-1 Gold Coated Copper Reference Interconnects (Golden Dragon),Torus CS15 Power Conditioners/Surge Protector.SolidTech "Rack of Silence"Reference 4 Audio Stand.


Bedroom System:Shuguang I-25 integrated tube amp,Kef IQ 10`s,Sony CDP 225.

Please say it ain't so!!

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Krell EVO 707, 600(3), B&W 800D, HTM1D, JL F113(2), Ayre QB-9, Pioneer BDP-23FD, Denon 5910ci, PsAudio PPP, Soloist Premier SE.....Nordost(CAST), Purist Audio, Cardas, Shunyata.....Billy Bags, Symposium, HiFi-Tuning.....GIK acoustics

Glad I strolled over here for a read before purhchasing an S-300i integrated. Think I'll shop around for the predecessor, which states "Made in the USA" on the back. Don't need no Chinese crap in my house. When I start shopping at Wal-Mart I'll buy start buying Chinese.

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Sources: McIntosh MCD-1100 & MS-300, Olive 4HD, SonoS, Pro-Ject 6 PerspeX
Speakers: MBL 111F
Cables: Transparent Ultra MM2 & Reference MM2 & Powerlink MM2x

And you're being very kind!

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I'm thinking a lot of us wish you had kept strolling.

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