Krell Restoration

Hi Dderham1948, yes, I sent my FPB 700cx to krell, look, you have to use a skidd, go to lowes and get rachet straps and strap that thing down to the skidd, the skidd protects your amp nicly because it is in the center of the skidd, put do not double stack and handle with care on printing paper with big bold black marker, work's great, make sure you request krell to send your personal skidd back on the return with the amp on the skidd, they will put your staps inside the box and use their fiberglass nylon normal shipping strap's on the return, I do not care if you ship from England, doing what I have specified here will increase your chances of no damage, and If I were you, I would not skimp out on the caps, replacing the ones needed, do the big ones, you have to request that, tell krell a complete cap job, specify that you want ALL of the cap's replaced, Steve Lacrone at the service dept home.com is a great alternative too, I know him personally, but I also have a personal relationship with krell, ask for Patrick Bresnahan, tell him Keith henry-Audiolabyrinth recommended you, Patrick is first class, very attenative at making the customer happy,I hope all this helps, reply back when you can.

BTW, Krell does not use oceanair anymore, they use Fedex frieght, this method has the best tracking out of all other method's, I recommend useing them to send your amp to who you desire.

Hi ct0517, can you share some of the tweak's Dan D Agostino shared with you, I have talked to him myself on the phone over the last few month's, do tell please.

Hi Dderham1948, your Krell Krc-3 does not need to be recaped as often as the class A amp's, you may be able to get 5 to 7 more year's out of the krc-3, however, it would cost alot less money than any krell amp to get recaped, smaller and alot fewer cap's is alot cheaper to do, I know a KAv-300I is about $600.00 to $700.00 to fully recap, so your pre-amp should be the same price or likly cheaper to recap, I believe it's worth doing if you enjoy the sound of the krc-3, after the 500 hrs of burn-in of a NEW recaped Kav-3, you will be impressed, it will sound better than new, cheers.

Thankyou Ct0517, great post, informative, cheers.

Ct0517, yes, If patrick does not know an answer, he will get it from from tech or engnr, patrick has been a joy to work with and talk to concerning my amp, cheers.