Give me a good reason why I should buy a krell 2ch KAV-400XI?!?!?!?! (1 Viewer)

[Jesse Sharrow]

Ok I want a really nice 2Ch setup. But I am definitly going to do surround sound also one day. Now give me a good reason why I should get a krell kav-400xi now and use a receiver to run the rest of the speakers later.

I am interested in either kef XQ series, Infinity Kappa series, or B&W Nautilus Series. Now do I need that much power for it? I know it sounds better but am I really going to notice? I consider myself to be an audiophile.

The only major reason I can come up with is that I just want it and Im afraid if I dont get it, the upgradist in me with drive me nuts!

 

[Cary P]

Well, I believe the Krell 400xi has a home theater pass-through input, which will make it very easy to integrate a home theater receiver or processor at a later date.

And given the 400xi's 200W/ch power rating, you will not have to put up with the less than adequate amplification built-in to most home theater receivers. You can never have too much wattage, IMO

The Krell 400xi seems like a great way to start a system to me. Just get it, and please report back on how you like it when you do!

 

[John Garcia]

Because Santa doesn't want to lug that thing around?

IMO, the Infinity Kappa series is not even in the same ballpark as the B&W 800 series. KEF Reference would be more along the lines of the 800 series as well.

My dealer only carries the Q line and the Reference line, not the XQs, so I have not had a chance to hear them yet. The Q series has wonderful imaging, but the Q1s that I heard did not have enough detail. The towers are very musical, but not spectacular. The Reference series sounds very nice.