krell 20il or ayon cd5

Haven't heard the Krell. The CD5 is a killer. Big upgrade over the CD2, which was an excellent unit itself. In limited reviews, the CD5 is crushing almost anything it's tossed up against.

Zephyr, here you go....still scarce, but coming.

http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/cd5/cd5.html
Not a review, but some comments from Srajan Ebaen.

http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=687
A detailed review of the CD5.

Be forewarned: Doug Schroeder from Dagogo becomes absolutely bananas in his review of the CD5. Fairly justified, IMO, but he does go a bit off the deep end in his praise.

BTW- great set up you've got. I see you have those stinking angled ceilings as I do.

Oops....second link is....

http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=687

I'm in South Carolina. It's gonna get real hot in that room in summer. The thermostat is in the hallway, and I have to leave the door to my room closed so my dogs don't get in there and go wild. So....drops into the low 50's in winter, and will go well into the mid-upper 80's in summer.

I think you'd like the CD5. It was Schroeder's review that pushed me over the top. I had the CD2 for about three months, then my dealer got his hands on a CD5 and e-mailed Doug's Dagogo article to me. I didn't think the difference between the CD2 and CD5 could be a great as he made it out to be...but he was right. It is that much better.