Bought it used on EBay one week ago, supposed to arrive tomorrow! I'll have to recruit some help to more it into position. As it weighs 130 pounds! 300 watts at 8 ohms of pure Class A! A true monster. Something I've wanted all my life, and now they are finally old enough that I could afford one used.
I've had a pair of Legacy Focus 20/20's for about 4 years now. And my present amplification just ain't cutting it. Oh they sound nice enough I guess, but I know they could sound so much better. I drove them with a Forte' model 3 all this time, lacking bass terribly. So, I added a Crown XLS 2000, cheap band amp I had laying around to drove the bottom half. Big pair of 12 inch woofers in each cabinet, with a radiator on the rear? Or a third woofer? Not sure. But, it did flesh out the bass, but left the mids a bit recessed.
I have pondered for well over a year, perhaps I should sell these monster speakers and buy something easier to drive? I'm sure I could have moved to some Martin Logans and been very happy. But, somehow I just could not let go of these big speakers ( 5 feet tall and 200 pounds each) without finding out what they could do. So I scrimped and saved for over a year to buy this used Krell, having the money twice and something popping up to take the money twice, I finally followed through.
To say that I am excited is an understatement! I had to change the ends on my Legacy speaker cables, and buy a 20 amp power cord to accommodate the beast. On EBay is a store called Ice Age Audio, he makes some nice cables at affordable prices. UK plugs as well. So I've got my work cut out for me, to get this heavy weight settled into my system and do some serious listening to see if it's the answer to my dreams or not. Could it be the last amp I'll ever own? One could hope.
Russell
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