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Krell KAV-280cd CD Players - $1,500 (alameda)
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Krell KAV-280cd CD Players is in Perfect Condition
This is for my Vacation house in Tahoe. Used sparingly the last 6 years. Work Great
This is one of the best CD player in the market. Excellent build quality, extremely well design, both technically and aesthetically. Pure Class A, and full balanced design. Perfect match with the 300iL, no doubt about it. Like other Krell products, the 280CD is very revealing and very analytical. An honest player I would say, just like the Sony SCD-1. So some people may say it''s too bright, too accurate for their taste, but like other reviewers had said, it''s very much depending on the recordings and other associated components on your systems too. Soundstage is very 3 dimensional, it''s laid back, yet still very dynamic and fast! Being said, orchestral and symphony works are amazing, Jazz and Classical. The balanced XLR output works wonder and it sounds much better than the single-ended RCA. I''ve done numerous comparisons with 1 pair of Stealth CWS XLR and 1 pair of CWS RCA, it''s not just the high volume which could be mistaken as improvement sometimes. I also mate it with a Taralabs Prism AC Ref power cord instead of my usual Harmonic Tech Pro-11AC. The Taralabs is smoother and warmer and I personally thinks it''s better for CDP, compare to the HT Pro-11AC. I love the HT and I use it for my amps, but it could be a bit too accurate for a CDP. BTW, if you are to purchase a HT Pro-11AC, buy with the Schurter IEC option, the stock one came with cheap standard plastic one like those from your computer. The good IEC like the Schurter allows better and tighter connecting between conductors, yet allows very easy in and out operation. The stock Taralabs AC Ref came with a very good IEC plug. Comparing to SCD-1 (CD only), there are both very similar. I would say the 280CD is a little better in bass. Both are very accurate and will reveal every bit of recorded information, good and bad! Overall image and 3Dness is better with the 280CD, but only by a bit in an AB comparison test. Esp where using XLR for comparison, I believe SCD-1 is not fully balanced