"Designed to be the heart and soul of any audiophile-grade home theater surround sound system, the Theater 7 features Krell's innovative iBias topology, which delivers pure Class A power up to unbelievable levels, giving you purity of tone you have to hear to believe..."

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"The new XD amplifiers have returned to more of that slight bit of warmth and tonal saturation, combined with a level of bass slam that made Krell famous."

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"For those who seek the best quality in amplification for their home theaters, the Krell Theater 7 sets a new standard at this price point..."

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"That this is a good amplifier is a given. It comes from ‘a good family’ and that’s clear from the listening. But more pertinently, the Krell Vanguard is an important amplifier, and not simply for Krell."

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"I'd go so far as to say I've never encountered another amp that combines the Solo's 375 warm, wonderful, involving sound with such a practical and versatile design.."

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"One thing I loved about the Illusion II's sound was that I never found it harsh, edgy, or bright..Bass sounded appropriately full-bodied, keyboards suitably spacious, and guitar had lots of body and soul...just as it should."

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"The Vanguard offers features that make it perfect for custom installation, such as 3.5mm jacks for IR input and 12-volt trigger input and output, as well as optional rack-mount ears. Additionally, the unit can be controlled with home automation systems through its Ethernet connection.."

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"The Foundation lifted to exalted, billowy sonic heights Mychael Danna’s ethnically complex musical score filled with delicate, exotic Eastern percussive and wind accents as well as sweeping strings and familiar Franco-accordions. The Foundation maintained the clarity, dimensionality, and ease of even the most timbrally complex, dynamically challenging passages.."

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"The 7200 brought an uncanny immediacy to softer passages, such as the opening monologue recited by Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby, where it truly sounded as if Freeman was sitting in the room with me describing Frankie Dunn’s personality and why he wouldn’t train girls to fight. Impressive is an understatement.."

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"I fact I heard Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" at both demos, which cemented my impression that the Vanguard successfully delivered Krell's signature blend of power and high-fidelity in a compact package.."

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Krell Announces Digital Vanguard Integrated Amplifier with HDMI, Bluetooth, and Streaming Services

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"A Behind the Scenes Look at What Makes Krell One of the Truly Great Brands in High End Audio.."

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"I have no hesitation in recommending the Krell Foundation; its inherently excellent sound quality, the flexibility of its configurations, and its expanding capabilities make it competitive with cost-no-object pre-pros. "

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"Two weeks, 15 movies and copious pages of notes later I cannot find a single sonic or operational foible with Krell's 'entry-level' separate."

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"It certainly showed traditional Krell strengths in its bold, muscular and extended bass lines. Midrange dynamics were fine, and allied to very good detail retrieval and spacious, well focused stereo images with fine depth. The reproduction has a very good sense of power and scale..."

"It has a generally upbeat nature, with a forward propulsive nature, as if eager to spill out the continuing musical notes. Image focus was crisp over the whole frequency range and over a wid e span of material from classical to rock. The icing on the cake was the permissible direct connection of the Connect to a balanced input power amp, ...which lifted the score of this well priced streamer/DAC to an audiophile 173 marks."

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"The Cipher excelled at "revealing the finest subtleties of a musical passage, untangling the knottiest complexities, and showering light on the tonal colors of a voice, an instrument, or an ensemble..."
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Krell Evolution 707:
The beefy, impressively built Evolution 707...includes Krell's Automatic Setup/EQ and provides single-ended, balanced, and CAST connectors for 12 output channels, including seven main channels, four subwoofers, and an additional center-channel. It had a forward, dramatic, and detailed sound with "devastatingly big and tight bass," said KR. "It is as great-sounding a digital processor as it is an analog preamp."  full article

"...was as satisfyingly real as one could hope to experience.", writes Ken Kessler about the S-550i integrated amplifier in the July issue Hi Fi News. This is the first published review of the S-550i and it received the magazine's Outstanding Product status. Please see below for more highlights and links to the full review.

"Without hesitation, I nominate the S-55Oi as a perfect choice for those who want unbridled power yet will not or cannot house two components. It is a beast of an amp, such that I think I've found something currently available to drive even Scintillas. Yes, that kind of beast." "This was a solid-state amplifier free of the brittle, of the glassy, of the jarring." "lt was a perfect, seamless, Spectorian wall of sound, stretching from wall to wall, rather than throbbing as a round mass in the centre." "The sound of this minimalist recording, of a voice I have heard from but two feet away, was as satisfyingly real as one could hope to experience." "... the Krell remain collected, unruffled, even suave - if an amplifier can exhibit such a trait."

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"Extraordinarily controlled in the bass, dynamic to a fare-thee-well, transparently precise into the very tips of its hair and tonally neutral... these were all impressive hard skills" "High resolving power, stupendous micro dynamics, background calm and brilliant image focus were clear highlights."

"When it came time to harness the full potential of my Thiel's CS3.7 woofers, the German monos by contrast seemed to actually get a bit winded. And the Krell even was superior at fully differentiating this heaving and teeming low-bass dimension. Hat off."

"The low bass was ideally precise, neutral and haute-cuisine correct. A very good start. Tonal neutrality extended to the midband and highs. Neither romantically flavored, warm or softened nor lean and overtly fresh."

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"There is a perception that big solid-state (as in Krell) means steely sounding, but this has the opposite effect; it's inviting, almost analogue-like in its presentation, with a top end that goes on forever and sounds lovely doing just that. ...this presentation just extends naturally to the upper limits of both ears and speakers."

"...And to listen to a big Krell amp in 2013 is to reacquaint yourself with the shock you had when you first heard what a big Krell can do."

"The Phantom II ... it's an excellent preamp, exceedingly quiet and exquisitely detailed to boot. And the two work really well together. "

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"Super fine and detailed, the Foundation made the instruments appear on a deeper stage and at the same time experience Al Jarreau's vocal artistry to the fullest."

"The fine pins and needles on the skin where get even more intense, when the Foundation played the first scenes of "Battleship" and "Django Unchained" where it reveals all of its capability repertoire: ranging from extremely delicate to smashing, the processor was able to let the listener enjoy all aspects of home cinema in the finest sound quality."

"The Foundation offers Stereo and Multi Channel par excellence and absolute home cinema delicacy. I am convinced, if you listen to the Foundation for the very first time, you will experience that special tingling feeling, and realize, what is possible in your home cinema with the Foundation."

"The best dynamic range I have ever heard in a car stereo.. Bass notes dropped with a power that hit my entire body, while vocals were pristine and clear, and seemed to put the singer in the car with me"

"The optional Krell audio system is a knockout for spacious sound and tonal clarity...especially when I popped in an audiophile-level CD."

"One of the finest we've ever tested...Really, you need to hear this system."

"There's something about the Krell system in the 2014 Acura RLX that makes music and maybe even life a little better.

"...the clarity of the acoustic and electronic instruments gives you chills."

Mark Levinson? JBL? Get that midlevel junk out of here. This is real luxury, people!"