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  1. 11-26-2009, 01:49 PM #1
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    Krell News & Rumours

    So first the good news:

    Krell clearly didn't get the memo from Linn, and has launched a matching CD player for the S300i

    http://www.musicdirect.com/product/86650

    The S-350a CD Player is listed for $2,500 on MusicDirect... It uses a slot loading CD Mechanism (which is all the rage nowadays, see Cyrus and Rotel)...

    Looks like it maybe time for JM to upgrade from the Marantz...

    Now for the Bad Rumours:

    A few other forums (including Stereophile) have been ripe with rumours that Dan D-Agostino was booted from Krell by the new shareholders:

    http://forum.stereophile.com/forum/s...ge=0#Post78573
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  2. 11-26-2009, 02:05 PM #2
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    What's so bad about that? I'm asking honestly. I have no idea why it would be bad or good. Was he in charge during the recall for combusting units?
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    Quote Originally Posted by poppachubby
    What's so bad about that? I'm asking honestly. I have no idea why it would be bad or good. Was he in charge during the recall for combusting units?
    He's the founder and has always been in charge... so a new head could mean anything... maybe a whole new direction for the company (which has usually proved to be a bad thing)...

    Also, I think you are probably making far more of this "combusting amp" thing than there really is... NAD had the same problem last year... it's not unheard of for very powerful amps to overheat (especially when customers do stupid things, like blocking the ventilation)... The Krell Models that have been recalled to have their fuses replaced, were produced between 1997 and 2001... If the combustion issue was that major a deal then there would have been a hell of a lot of exploding amps 10 years ago (and Krell would have been out of business)... Many manufacturers wouldn't even address potential problems with long discontinued products, much less to actually do a recall and replace fuses...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajani
    Also, I think you are probably making far more of this "combusting amp" thing than there really is... NAD had the same problem last year... it's not unheard of for very powerful amps to overheat (especially when customers do stupid things, like blocking the ventilation)... The Krell Models that have been recalled to have their fuses replaced, were produced between 1997 and 2001... If the combustion issue was that major a deal then there would have been a hell of a lot of exploding amps 10 years ago (and Krell would have been out of business)... Many manufacturers wouldn't even address potential problems with long discontinued products, much less to actually do a recall and replace fuses...
    lol, oh man, you've just made it even funnier to me...where's John Micheal??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajani
    So first the good news:

    Krell clearly didn't get the memo from Linn, and has launched a matching CD player for the S300i

    http://www.musicdirect.com/product/86650

    The S-350a CD Player is listed for $2,500 on MusicDirect... It uses a slot loading CD Mechanism (which is all the rage nowadays, see Cyrus and Rotel)...

    Looks like it maybe time for JM to upgrade from the Marantz...



    Yes I saw the new Krell cd player in the Music Direct catalog and it is beautiful. I am still very happy with the Marantz and have no reason to change. Now if Krell wanted to send me one well I would gladly accept. It would look nice on the shelf above the S-300i
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    Yes I saw the new Krell cd player in the Music Direct catalog and it is beautiful. I am still very happy with the Marantz and have no reason to change. Now if Krell wanted to send me one well I would gladly accept. It would look nice on the shelf above the S-300i

    Clearly this is the reply of a man shaken to his very core. Shaken by the ticking time bomb that is known to the world as....Krell!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by poppachubby
    Clearly this is the reply of a man shaken to his very core. Shaken by the ticking time bomb that is known to the world as....Krell!!!
    Man, you need to either take more or a lot less meds...

    I'm sure JM has at least 10 years before the Krell explodes and takes out his entire apartment complex...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajani
    Man, you need to either take more or a lot less meds...

    I'm sure JM has at least 10 years before the Krell explodes and takes out his entire apartment complex...
    Well, I suppose I'll ruin the humour by informing you....IT"S A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man alive, does everything have to be cut and dry information on here? Meds? C'mon........
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    Quote Originally Posted by poppachubby
    Well, I suppose I'll ruin the humour by informing you....IT"S A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man alive, does everything have to be cut and dry information on here? Meds? C'mon........
    I was joking too... I got that it was a joke from your earlier response...
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    Glad that's cleared.
    Poppa, the DAC 09 is 300 USD now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by audio amateur
    Glad that's cleared.
    Poppa, the DAC 09 is 300 USD now.
    It has been for a while AA, and $275 for the same Xiansheng from Pacific Valve. Hey check this out, it looks very unimpressive but the TDA 1543 chip is apparently awesome. Supposed to have a warm analog sound. I just may pull the trigger. My buddy has a nicer Valab version...http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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    Yeah, I believe D'Agostino was pretty much Krell. It's a shame to be in a position to lose something you started like that.

    The fact that you can buy Krell from MD is a significant change already in Krell's personality. I'll have to start paying more attention to them and put some feelers out. Thanks for bringing the info to AR.

    JM, if you're happy no reason to change but keep an open mind until you hear the two pieces of Krell connected via quality XLR's. Then you will hear Krell's true and intended presentation. Unless the s300i is unique from Krell of past, and it could be, nothing has synergy with Krell, like Krell. I believe though you also use SACD, correct? If so, a stand alone CDP wouldn't make much sense any way.
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    Not a rumor, it's true, D'Agostino is out. It's generally viewed as a good thing and we should be looking for about 16 new products from Krell. That's all I got.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
    Not a rumor, it's true, D'Agostino is out. It's generally viewed as a good thing and we should be looking for about 16 new products from Krell. That's all I got.
    Thanks Mr. P!!!!

    I really hope it is a good thing.

    Someone on the Stereophile forum had claimed that D'Agostino had become bad for morale and was holding back the company, when he was ousted... so I really hope that his leaving will be the catalyst of an explosion of new (GOOD) products... even better if they produce more "entry level Krell" products...
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    Remember when Ford took over Jaguar? What a pitty.

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    I found out that Walt Snyder is Krell's CFO and guess who I got emails from when I was getting that recall issue taken care of. I thought it was some guy from service or something, who'd think the CFO would be emailing customers over things like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
    I found out that Walt Snyder is Krell's CFO and guess who I got emails from when I was getting that recall issue taken care of. I thought it was some guy from service or something, who'd think the CFO would be emailing customers over things like that.
    That service level is reserved for only the most important customers.
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    I doubt if that would be me.
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    Well I suppose the guy that got ousted will start up some new stuff, like so many others who leave a very good company.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frenchmon
    Well I suppose the guy that got ousted will start up some new stuff, like so many others who leave a very good company.

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    Something like this perhaps:

    http://www.avguide.com/article/news-...hertz-products

    Maybe those two could go into partnership...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajani
    Something like this perhaps:

    http://www.avguide.com/article/news-...hertz-products

    Maybe those two could go into partnership...
    As much as I would love to see him bounce back in very good fashion, I wish he would bounce back with gear that I could afford....something that wouldn't cost as much as a car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frenchmon
    As much as I would love to see him bounce back in very good fashion, I wish he would bounce back with gear that I could afford....something that wouldn't cost as much as a car.

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    That's why you are stuck with mid-fi crap... if you would just show a little financial discipline... cut back on a few trips to burger king and I'm sure you could own a pair of $75,000 Daniel Hertz Speakers in no time...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajani
    That's why you are stuck with mid-fi crap... if you would just show a little financial discipline... cut back on a few trips to burger king and I'm sure you could own a pair of $75,000 Daniel Hertz Speakers in no time...
    lol...and whats your excuse....Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee? You need to get Folgers.

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