quiet hiss in backround?

Me too. However there are probably 1-2 hiss/hum questions a day so maybe everyone is burnt out. You could try re-posting with a more grabbing title. Put Krell in the question and pose the title as a challenge. Like "My Krell hisses, help diagnose & suggest silent comparable amps". That will get a big group of people reading it.

true and kind of funny! people here love to hate on krell. not sure why that is although i suspect it is the size of the company and how long they have been around. time tends to bring out haters....they also love to hate on wilson and funny how i ended up with both!

mike i also have no intention of replacing it. i love the sound of it and would live with the subtle hiss before i moved to another amp. i do hate the size and weight and hope to never pick it up again.

It's easier to hate than love. Anything SS will immediately garner haters from tube lovers, and Krell seems to embody everything they hate about SS. I think that's because it is so SS. Krell just doesn't make any effort to take the edge off and appeal to people in the middle like Ayre, Rowland, Levinson. etc. They simply don't care and instead are intent on exploring what SS can do and do well.

Wilson garners hate because they are expensive, well known, popular, and specifically engineered to sound good at the expense of what some people feel is a sacrifice in realism. Did you ever hear anyone in High school refer to the hottest girl like this: "She's hot, but .....". That's because they're jealous and they know she won't go out with them, so they make themselves feel better by bringing her down.

For me I see the merits of it all. Tubes and SS both do different things well. It doesn't mean one has to be better than the other. Speakers are the same. Wilsons do sound good. So do others and they're all different.

I bought a high quality dolly, and some furniture dollies so I don't have to pick stuff up. That way I can keep trying different things though I do admit to leaning to smaller pieces when given the opportunity. I don't want to find that forever piece because I'm having too much fun. I do admit to being slightly jealous when I find someone who has. :)

although i say i wouldn't replace it...part is love but part is money and apathy as well. over time, it rises and falls in the scope of priority and we get those moments where we realize it all sounds good and we are just playing like kids in a sandbox. if i was making as much money as i had been 5 or 6 years ago i may be hanging out at the shops a bit more and taking it more seriously but, as many others have, i am simplifying life a bit and unfortunately the hobby was impacted. i suppose that is what led to some of the realization that it does sound amazing so just enjoy the music! there are also very few places to listen here (2) and they have not carried a wide variety of interesting manufacturers. for example, i have never listened to rowland although i always wanted too. all i have read is rave and they are beautiful pieces. ariels also. your stuff looks great and i assume sounds great but i have never listened. of all that i have heard and a change i do think about, i still have a lust for the revel salon's, yet another well known speaker!

i have a dolly also but my amp is hanging from my ceiling on a commercial hvac rack so it would be a chore to get it down. most on here would probably crucify me for the way it is configured but it sounds no different from when it was on an amp stand in my living room. i think you could put an amp of that size anywhere and it would sound the same. never understood that part of the obsession.