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Krell KRC-3 Questions

Couple of questions for any KRC-3 owners out there: 1) do you leave your KRC-3 on all the time? and 2) can you recommend a cd player with balanced ouptuts (I am prepared to look at new mid price and used high end). System is KRC-3, KAV250a with Celestion A3's, Kimber PBJ interconnect for pre-amp to amp (need to upgrade - any ideas?) and Van den hul cs122 speaker cable ( bi-wired). At present using an old Cyrus CD6 as source and I must say sound fabulous but clearly source is weak link.

thank you

Paul
paul_smith
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elberoth2
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IMO, used Krell KAV300 CD would be a nice match. You have to get rid of those horrible ICs and speaker cables though !

Get an used pair Cardas Golden Reference ICs (400$ on AudiogoN) and some decent speaker cables (like AudioQuest CV-6).

And yes, I leave my KRC-3 on all the time.
pictura
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Hi Paul, I have owned the KRC-3 and the KRC-HR before. Just one point. The KRC-3 sounds better with the gain on. I agree with Elberoth2. You need better interconnects and speaker cables.
drrdiamond
671 posts
 
Pictura,

What is your opinions about the sonic difference between the KRC-3 vs. KRC-HR?

Richard
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audiogabby
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Same here, on all the time.
paul_smith OP
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thanks for the responses - yes IC's/speaker cable are not ideal! - was using KS-1010/1011 from a meridian processor but felt balanced inputs on KAV250a gave better sound and I was not happy with using a processor as a stereo pre-amp.Now eith HT bypass I get the best of both worlds.Still a work in progress.... but have to say much happier with combining stereo/HT systems
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