I hate this guy...

StopherJJ1980
StopherJJ1980 Posts: 267
edited February 2006 in Electronics
For jealousy more than anything else. I just thought these were awesome pics of his listening room that go with the auction for this badass amp. I dont think I have ever seen a bigger toroidal transformer. This guy must have gobs of money. Check it out.

KRELL KSA 300S HIGH CURRENT AMP
-Stopher
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited February 2006
    That's my living room........oh wait i was just dreaming.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    :eek::eek:

    I need to chang pants now!

    Man, that is one beast! I guess that's Krell's version of the Rotel RB1090 (is that the one I mean?). It's from 1993, but I can't find the output for it online.
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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited February 2006
    Sweet Mother..., them are the Genesis speakers I seen in Chicago, ****, someone was asking about what to replace his SRS's w/ on a budget of 20K or something. and I couldn't remember what model they were......anyway these are the Genesis/Infinity venture... These speakers are friggin insane.....

    But I don't see the amp he is selling in the listening room.....Levinson perhaps?
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    Ya know how some things just don't seem to really.......'fit'......Ebay?

    Power to the guy for havin it, but I'd think he'd try to sell it many other places before Ebay......
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited February 2006
    Did you see the size of that transformer?
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  • speakergeek
    speakergeek Posts: 555
    edited February 2006
    Damum! :eek: :eek: Look at those caps.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,586
    edited February 2006
    I've seen that living room before... and I dont believe that the guy who owns the Krell is that same guy.

    I'll try to find where I found it.

    Joey
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  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Posts: 168
    edited February 2006
    Schweeeeeet! :p

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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited February 2006
    He's going to deliver it to the dock for an extra $25!!?????!! That is NOT this guys' home.
    Something doesn't smell right.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    Sumpin' ain't right, the bottom photos aren't even of the same amp above.
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  • jmierzur
    jmierzur Posts: 489
    edited February 2006
    I highly doubt the pictures of the amp were taken in the same house as the sound room...

    Look at the pink chair, table, furnishing etc in the beginning pictures. Seems out of place in a house with a sound room like that. Maybe he spent all his money on the sound room?

    And yes, it looks like the amp after the listening room pictures has extra caps, lost a transformer, lost the heat sinks?
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited February 2006
    Joey_V wrote:
    I've seen that living room before... and I dont believe that the guy who owns the Krell is that same guy.

    That is exactly what I was thinking. Sumethin' ain't right.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,586
    edited February 2006
    That ebay guy is an idiot. Those amps in the picture are Mark Levinson 33 monoblocks... not the Krell KSA300.

    The REAL guy lives in LA... the auction is from Pennsylvania - something's fishy!! :mad:

    Here is the link to the REAL guy:
    http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vdone&1098322394&read&d14&zzlPerfectionist&&
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,586
    edited February 2006
    thehaens@cox.ne wrote:
    Sweet Mother..., them are the Genesis speakers I seen in Chicago, ****, someone was asking about what to replace his SRS's w/ on a budget of 20K or something. and I couldn't remember what model they were......anyway these are the Genesis/Infinity venture... These speakers are friggin insane.....

    But I don't see the amp he is selling in the listening room.....Levinson perhaps?

    Those are the Infinity I (RS1) speaker aka Genesis 1.1.
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  • louhamilton
    louhamilton Posts: 209
    edited February 2006
    Yeah, I highly doubt someone with a listening room like that would have Home Depot vinyl stick down tiles ANY WHERE in their house.

    I agree that somthing smells fishy.

    -Lou
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  • StopherJJ1980
    StopherJJ1980 Posts: 267
    edited February 2006
    I thought the same thing when I posted it, that it doesnt 'fit' on eBay and something seemed weird but nonetheless, I just posted it because I thought it was cool that a room like that with that setup existed SOMEWHERE lol :)
    -Stopher
    Tempe, AZ

    Setup:
    Polk RTi8 Mains
    Polk CSi5 Center
    Polk FXi3's Surround
    Cerwin Vega HTS10 Subwoofer
    Yamaha HTR-5740 AVR

    Upstairs R50/R15/CS1 5.1 setup w Pioneer AVR
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited February 2006
    "No cash deals" at the door is the suspicious part. I think just about everyone dropping high end gear on ebay would much rather be handed a stack of 100's than deal with anything else.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,586
    edited February 2006
    No cash deals should = alarm.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited February 2006
    Dennis Gardner wrote:
    Sumpin' ain't right, the bottom photos aren't even of the same amp above.

    text from the ad

    IF YOU'D LIKE A PLYWOOD CRATE BUILT FOR THE JOURNEY, THE COST WILL BE 60.00 FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS. (i've included photos below of a 147 lb. audio research amplifier that my friend Eric built a crate for last year)


    No cash deal thing, I can see that, 3600+bucks in cash, kind of risky, your wide open for a lead pipe upside the head. And, with full payment, you don't have to deal with the guy comng to pick it up and wanting negotiate.

    The Media room pictures seem to be stolen, for what purpose, I have no idea.
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    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited February 2006
    jmierzur wrote:
    And yes, it looks like the amp after the listening room pictures has extra caps, lost a transformer, lost the heat sinks?


    Here's why,
    THE UNIT IS IN IT'S ORIGINAL BOX...IF YOU'D LIKE A PLYWOOD CRATE BUILT FOR THE JOURNEY, THE COST WILL BE 60.00 FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS. (i've included photos below of a 147 lb. audio research amplifier that my friend Eric built a crate for last year)
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited February 2006
    okay..all the other crap aside..

    What is this amp really worth ?

    Is it that much of a jewel..?
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    edited February 2006
    speakergeek wrote:
    Damum! :eek: :eek: Look at those caps.

    +2 :eek:
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited February 2006
    beardog03 wrote:
    okay..all the other crap aside..

    What is this amp really worth ?

    Is it that much of a jewel..?

    $3700-$4500

    Even though it's NOS, it's still getting old.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2006
    I don't do cash at the door for really expensive items either. You'd be suprised, even though the bid is final, auction is over, price is determined, they will STILL try to negotiate further once they arrive.

    Not worth the headache.
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  • Drumingman
    Drumingman Posts: 348
    edited February 2006
    He needs a good sub!
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited February 2006
    Drumingman wrote:
    He needs a good sub!


    Yeah, the twelve 12" woofers are cute and all, but seriously you can do better than +/- 2db to 15hz. A 15" cerwin vega would totally round that out.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    unc2701 wrote:
    Yeah, the twelve 12" woofers are cute and all, but seriously you can do better than +/- 2db to 15hz. A 15" cerwin vega would totally round that out.

    :D:D
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  • HiPerf360
    HiPerf360 Posts: 436
    edited February 2006
    unc2701 wrote:
    Yeah, the twelve 12" woofers are cute and all, but seriously you can do better than +/- 2db to 15hz. A 15" cerwin vega would totally round that out.


    You dont think that would be too much??? :D:D:D
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