Whats the krell sound?

I don't think it's correct calling Krell Bright! I've heard Krell sound bright in certain system combinations. But that goes with lots of gear combo's. The more analytical you get, the more things can tip "hot" tonally. It's a balancing act indeed.
As a line the Krell isn't bright though. I'd say it's good hifi effort, and better than most.

Ruthless. Too ruthless for most.

My opinion like 913nut is edgy very harsh and edgy at the top. Not a natural sound at all.

The above responders call the Krells, harsh and edgy, bright tonally and cool in palate. Will a good tube preamp mellow out the above adjectives? Has anyone tried a Krell amp with a tube preamp?

mitch

i had an fpb-300 amp that
1. worked perfectly/looked great
2. threw a big 3d stage
3. sounded quite good, except that compared to a pass aleph amp, had a slight silvery top end, not unpleasant in any way, but wasn't as transparent as the pass. otoh, the pass amp had softer bass. also, the krell was $8k, the pass (1.2's)
were $14k. halcro's get out of the way even more, but lack "body", which i ultimately prefer.