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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.

If Rhanson, in his original post, indicated that the amp was failing, and unreliable, as he did not, I would never had put my 2 cents in......the way I read it, the amp was wonderful..........Enough from me.........Enjoy ! MrD.

Mr D -- Why that kind of response?

I appreciate your input, and as mentioned above, have done everything reasonably possible to tame the room.

Once again, I didn't name the manufacturer because I do not want to disparage them. Some people love their product. That's just not my experience. The company is going through some tough times, and I do not want to add to their difficulties.

By the way, I created the original post on 6/27, and highlighted the problematic nature of my situation in a reply on 6/28. You did not reply to this thread until 7/11. So, I'm not sure why you're saying, "If Rhanson, in his original post, indicated that the amp was failing, and unreliable, as he did not, I would never had put my 2 cents in..."

Did you not read the thread before putting your 2 cents in? If not, then there's really no good reason to mute yourself because of some perceived transgression on my part.

Rhanson, I was not alone. Shakeydeal and Nonoise assumed the same. We did not read your response to Guido. My response was based on your original post. Sorry......MrD.