My take:
KSA 50/100- sweet and warm sounding Class A fan cooled see:
http://home.ca.inter.net/~lloyd.maclean/Krell/Krell.htm
JA still has his 50!!!
KMA 160s- Pure class A- heatsink cooled- AH those fins! Warm, and huge sounding- very realistic timbre.
KSA 80- same as above but less power and a little less magic.
KRS 200- cut form the same cloth as the two above but Elephant sized in both power (200 real class A watts) and sound.
KSA 200- more neutral than the former three, some say more "white sounding" I say more true to the recording.
KMA 400s- same as KSA 200 times two, rare and wonderful, less bias current than KSA 200 if set to factory spec. Bigger stage, more detailed.
KSA 250- take every amp Krell made to date, put in a blender and you have the sound of this magnificent amp.
All S series Krells- sliding bias, just a little more mechanical sounding than the prior Krells. These have many fanboys.
FPBs- big improvement on the S series amps. Warm plus big, plus detail, lots of power at all specs. Many people think these are the best.
Cast series--- I don't have data or listening notes on these. Fellow reviewers love them. I don't buy into the "cast" technology- it's too limiting on equip matching.
Peter
KSA 50/100- sweet and warm sounding Class A fan cooled see:
http://home.ca.inter.net/~lloyd.maclean/Krell/Krell.htm
JA still has his 50!!!
KMA 160s- Pure class A- heatsink cooled- AH those fins! Warm, and huge sounding- very realistic timbre.
KSA 80- same as above but less power and a little less magic.
KRS 200- cut form the same cloth as the two above but Elephant sized in both power (200 real class A watts) and sound.
KSA 200- more neutral than the former three, some say more "white sounding" I say more true to the recording.
KMA 400s- same as KSA 200 times two, rare and wonderful, less bias current than KSA 200 if set to factory spec. Bigger stage, more detailed.
KSA 250- take every amp Krell made to date, put in a blender and you have the sound of this magnificent amp.
All S series Krells- sliding bias, just a little more mechanical sounding than the prior Krells. These have many fanboys.
FPBs- big improvement on the S series amps. Warm plus big, plus detail, lots of power at all specs. Many people think these are the best.
Cast series--- I don't have data or listening notes on these. Fellow reviewers love them. I don't buy into the "cast" technology- it's too limiting on equip matching.
Peter