Blew up the Krell S-300i

[JohnMichael]

Wow. It's not like RGA said something offensive about JM's wife or kids. He took a shot at Krell. JM's Krell is getting fixed, under warranty I might add, and will arrive safe and sound after that. JM still has a system to listen to. Let's not overreact here. I've had troubles with audio gear before and while we all love the hobby, I think we can all recognize at the end of the day it's not one of the important things. Audio gear are things and things can be replaced. Sure RGA could have been a little more polite but to take offense at what he said is being super-sensitive, IMO.

Anyways JM, hope the Krell gets fixed and gives you years of trouble free enjoyment going forward.

I think it is considered poor form by some members. If your favorite car is an AMC Pacer and you total it do you want someone to empathize with you or tell you it was crap. I know his likes and dislikes and I am just glad it did not turn into yet another Audio Note commercial.

[Jack in Wilmington]

I think it is considered poor form by some members. If your favorite car is an AMC Pacer and you total it do you want someone to empathize with you or tell you it was crap. I know his likes and dislikes and I am just glad it did not turn into yet another Audio Note commercial.

I don't think I'm going out on a limb here, but if your favorite car is an AMC Pacer, your "stereo" probably centers around the AM radio in that Pacer.

[JohnMichael]

I don't think I'm going out on a limb here, but if your favorite car is an AMC Pacer, your "stereo" probably centers around the AM radio in that Pacer.

No I never liked the Pacer. Sadly due to income levels I did drive a Chevette once. Now that you mention it I drove too many cars that only had AM radios.

[YBArcam]

RGA had no intention of offending JM personally. It's just that he has very strong opinions about Krell equipment and similar s/s designs.

RGA is an adherent of the theory that anything with feedback is causes bad sound due to high-order harmonic distortion. Unfortunately if you want to avoid feedback altogether you are constrained to Single Ended Triode (SET) designs and the extremely low power they produce. For an interesting discussion initiated by well-known audiophile pundit, see HERE.

For what it's worth, RGA has given some praise to Simaudio and Creek, to name two s/s designs.

I think it is considered poor form by some members. If your favorite car is an AMC Pacer and you total it do you want someone to empathize with you or tell you it was crap. I know his likes and dislikes and I am just glad it did not turn into yet another Audio Note commercial.

There cannot be too many Pacers around, so if you total one that you love I think that's a different story. The Krell amp isn't totaled, and even if it was it is likely not overly difficult to replace it with the exact same model.

FWIW, RGA does have strong views that most people probably don't agree with. I'm thankful he has shared them though, as it has led me to look at other design philosophies than I would have otherwise. Same can be said for Poultry...still not sure I agree with using super cheap amps like the Miniwatt (though I've never heard one so my opinion probably means nothing), but his open baffle and high efficiency diy posts have opened my eyes to those designs.

[JohnMichael]

For what it's worth, RGA has given some praise to Simaudio and Creek, to name two s/s designs.


FWIW, RGA does have strong views that most people probably don't agree with. I'm thankful he has shared them though, as it has led me to look at other design philosophies than I would have otherwise. Same can be said for Poultry...still not sure I agree with using super cheap amps like the Miniwatt (though I've never heard one so my opinion probably means nothing), but his open baffle and high efficiency diy posts have opened my eyes to those designs.

Yes I agree that he has wide ranging experience that is beneficial to AR. Early on I thought he was an AN troll and I almost banned him.;-)

I guess it was the nature of the thread. I was not asking for opinions about Krell but was sharing my frustration and fear. Wondering if I had damaged it beyond repair, how much will the repair cost and how long will I be without it? Of course having Krell tell me it will be repaired under warranty made me feel better.

My sister always says if you want sympathy it is in the dictionary between sh!t and syphillis. Well I received some sympathy, a little sh!t but luckily no syphillis.