Did I make a mistake buying Krell?

Krellm7 I will have to agree with you on your choice to pair a Krell amp with B&W speakers as I have a close buddy on Audiogon that has this set up & loves it. I don't agree with your asessment on all Klipsch speakers as the different models are not all equal in sound or build quality. I have the Klipsch CF4s which were next to the best Klipsch speaker sold in the early nineties, you will never see me sell these. The McCormack amps sound excellent with Klipsch speakers as I found out, also Steve McCormack mentioned to me in a phone conversation that some of his customers felt the same way. I am not dismissing Krell as a good power amp as I never heard one but rather making a suggestion as what works well & sounds good with Klipsch. I love well designed horn speakers, someday I hope to purchase Advantgarde. Vman71, let us know how things work out.

the krell is your keeper. hook up and play.

Hook it up, and you tell us if you made a mistake. Audio is a very personal think - 100 people could say they dont like klpipsch + krell but you could disagree. I owned the Klipsch KLF20 and I loved how dynamic they were. Try comparing your Krell with a good tube amp, especially an SET, and you tell us which you prefer and why.

Well, the Krell was hooked up this weekend. My first impressions are that this integrated amp has tons of power, probably too much for my Klipsch speakers. The sound was very clean, good soundstage and good imaging. I thought that the sound, while very clean and having a super quiet background, came off brighter than what I expected. Coming from Sunfire seperates, some of the warmth was gone and the music seemed stiff, not as musical.

I'll spend some time with it this week but I think that I'm going to sell it.

what ic's and power cables are you using ?