Anyone heard the new Krell S-1000 pre/pro

Yeah, get back to us on the "home theater auditioning", could you?! I'd be interested to know. My experience with the old HTS 5.1 was that it was superbly clean, compared to others, and yet not as dynamic perhaps as others I've auditioned, from a digital connection. Any feedack appreciated.

From what I read in the manual this only does HDMI Video, and no HDMI Audio. I see little advantage in this.

We could use an HST 7.1 and a Monoproce switcher and get the same results, no?

It took Krell forever to come out with a unit that only does HDMI Video? Please tell me I misread this...

Regards,
Darrell

Sorry Darrell. You are right. I confirmed with my Krell dealer. For now, I will stick with my Crystallio and HTS 7.1

Wow, so there is one set of 7.1 Analog inputs and no Hi-Res MCH Digital inputs. You can't even hook up a MCH SACD player and HD-DVD player at the same time.

So much for Krell delivering an up-to-date Prepro.

I just listened to a Dolby 2.0 soundtrack last night, The Piano, and I could have sworn up and down that it was discrete (5.1) sound. This S-1000 is literally so good, that it's Pro Logic II sounds like the Showcase in Dolby Digital!
That's correct about the HDMI, it is just for video switching for those with TV's that only have one HDMI input and they have multiple sources with HDMI output.