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Guidocorona. I appreciate the explanation. However, in Rhanson's original post, he speaks highly of his amp, and, he does mention at times, of a sharpness or harshness, attributable to the room. Did I miss something ? MrD

Yes Mr.D, prima face encounters with reality can be on occasion subtly deceptive. In our particular instance, the taxonomy of the device under consideration would place it withinthe the citrus family of fruiting plants, and most likely to that genus well known for producing oblate globes sporting bright yellow bumpy rinds.

Regardless of any marginal acidulation of the sound, which I have encountered more than once with this amp, the creature appears to be radically flaking out, hence Rhansen's quest for an operationally reliable alternative to the lemon.

G.

I would try asl hurricanes with them

Wow, Guido... wanna be my mouthpiece? Great bit of writing, especially "Kryptobrand."

I appreciate the ongoing conversation about this. Thanks to all.

I agree that the room is one of the most critical components, and I have done as much as I can to address that part. Thing is, we don't have a separate, dedicated listening room, though to look at our living room, you'd see that it's pretty much devoted to this sport. My gratitude goes to my wife, who allows it to be like this... overrun with large speakers, equipment rack, and room treatments all over the place. Gads... I love that woman!

It is a challenging room, to be sure. One huge opening in the back wall to a dinette/kitchen, a smaller one to a dining room. Opening on the front left to a back hallway. Certainly less than optimal. We've worked with treatments to the extent possible, and it does make a difference.

Now, an update -- We installed and listened to a demo pair of the Merrill VERITAS mono blocks last night. First impression: Wow! What an improvement over Kryptobrand.

Smoother than ever. Spacious. Holographic (most of the time.) Non-fatiguing. No etch or glare that I sometimes got from Krypto. Power to spare, and then some. Effortless. I observed last night that some of what I might have heard in Krypto indeed *was* switching. Interesting...

Truth be known, after an extensive cut-by-cut session last night, I must have put on Mickey Hart's "At the Edge", which pretty much knocked us into oblivion. We woke up at about 2:30AM and went to bed. Engaging? Yup.

As Guido said -- in a wonderfully loquacious way -- Kryptobrand has been a lemon for me. Luck of the draw, as I said, in that some others do not share my experiences. When it works, it works rather well, but I'm tired of dealing with its issues. And this is across three iterations of the product. My patience with it is worn down to the nub.

Analogluvr -- ASL Hurricanes?

A quick look at pictures online, and all I saw was a sea of glass fire tubes.

No thanks.

Yes, perhaps I'd be missing something by not trying them... like a whole new sport of tube rolling; testers; expense; failure points; heat in the already scorching environment of North Carolina; etc. etc.

I appreciate the reference, but will pass those by due to my aversion to tubes.