Hello,

I strongly agree with Poppachubby in that you may want to consider using your Krell CDP as a transport and get a quality DAC instead of a new CDP!

I've recently purchased the Stello DA100 Signature Digital-to-Analog Converter and CDT100 Transport and love it. While I still think the Naim DAC $5K, and Lector CDP-7T/Mk III CD Player @ aprox $6.5K are a tad more musical and refined than the Stello rig I still feel the Stello is a bargain buy and I can live with it.

If it's a new CDP that you want there are certainly a great number of choices in your budget range. I've heard the Rega Apollo a couple of times and while it certainly has resolution/detail/pace I did not find it to be warm per se...so, you should listen to it first if you can.

Simaudio gets a lot of favorable reviews on their CDP's and the reputation is for warm musical reproduction. Check it out at http://www.simaudio.com/

Hating to sound like a broken record but you may want to try to bring home some DACS to try out with your Krell CDP and see if that may work for you instead of a new CDP. I am assuming that the Krell has a digital out.

Good luck with your research and selection.

LeRoy