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Originally Posted by brazil-nut
I just bought a S300i to satisfy a curiosity and compared to my Primaluna Dialogue 2 amp I am a little disappointed... Maybe at higher volumes it really shines, but at 25-30% of max volume I found the S300i very light sounding. Neutral, yes. Exciting, no. I was expecting more of the Krell signature bass and I tried cd after cd and it wasn't there in a way that I was used to with the KMA-160's I owned a little while back. I know, you can't compare power house mono blocks with a small integrated. Even comparing it with the Primaluna amp it didn't really excite me. Perhaps it is my own fault, expecting too much. Don't get me wrong, for a $1,750 amp it sounds great and very versatile with the input options etc.
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I have found the same thing. Neutral, but a bit boring. Needs a bit better pace and a bit more richness.