Levinson 436 Versus Krell FPB 350 MCX?


Has anyone auditioned these?

Looking for a compare/contrast.
rsbeck
Hi, Did hear those amps thru Watt/Puppy,ARC REF 2.Get these Krells,much better amps than latest ML(being cheap down!) Kdwatt
I would disagree. I bought a pair of 436's a couple of months ago and they dropped my jaw when I put them in my system. The soundstage on the 436s is W-I-D-E, W--I--D--E and the warm, open midrange is goose bump inducing - very much like some of the high end tube equipment I've heard. The highs are silky smooth without the loss of detail, as you would expect with Levinson. I'm told the newer Krell amps are a big improvement over the old in terms of harshness, but they're still on the bright side. On vocals and piano recordings I've played recently on the 436's, well, let's just say I saw God.
Just about all of the recent reviews of Krell amps say they are a bit on the warm/dark side--NOT bright. See e.g. Martin Colloms in Hi Fi News, or Wes Phillips at onhifi.com.
Wouldn't it be nice if people actually put the new Krells into their systems and listened to the unit before they shoot it down? The Krell FPB line sounds fantasic, end of story.