krell 20il or ayon cd5

That's a great question...a fellow A'goner and myself were just talking about whether his 25 was better than the Ayon CD-5 two days ago. Let me know what you hear in the way of feedback as the 20 and 25 were both great units in their day and the Ayon seems to be following in their footsteps...

Had a KPS-20i on loan - sounded absolutely dreadful. Gray and flat, with lots of sibilance.

For this kind of money, used ARC CD-3 mk II is miles better.

Haven't heard the Krell. The CD5 is a killer. Big upgrade over the CD2, which was an excellent unit itself. In limited reviews, the CD5 is crushing almost anything it's tossed up against.

AFC...thanks! Keep us posted as you see or hear about more reviews!

Zephyr, here you go....still scarce, but coming.

http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/cd5/cd5.html
Not a review, but some comments from Srajan Ebaen.

http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=687
A detailed review of the CD5.

Be forewarned: Doug Schroeder from Dagogo becomes absolutely bananas in his review of the CD5. Fairly justified, IMO, but he does go a bit off the deep end in his praise.

BTW- great set up you've got. I see you have those stinking angled ceilings as I do.