Old Krell vs new Krell amps...


Hello,
I actually have to choose between differents Krell amps, for roughly the same price :
a pair of Krell Audio Standard (KAS)
a Krell Evo 302
and for half the price a pair of KAS-2 amps

How do they compare, in terms of sound ?
The KAS is a legend, but is it actually still a good choice ? Its fiability is good ? The KAS is really better than the KAS-2 ?
And, what about the new Evo amps ? Are they better than the KAS or the FPB amps ?
My speakers are easy to drive : Tannoy GRF, but I may swap to big TAD or JBL...
I can't compare those amps directly because they are sold in different(and very far from each others) shops.
Thanks a lot for all informations and advices.
Best Regards,
nico_g

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Hi Gentleman!, I am going to be your rescue!, I am a avid krell user, and have been for many years like your selfs, There is a gentleman named steven, He was the service manager at krell for numerous years untill Dan D Agistno departed, Steven trained Ray Muchler, the current service manager there at krell, the name of steven's company is called, The service Department Home,, steven is a specialist of all krell, also all vintage Krell equipment!, go to his web site, read the reviews of customers, Tell him Keith Henry-Audiolabyrinth of Mobile, AL sent you, Steven gurantees all His work, Let me know here if you gentleman talk to Steven, I will be checking back on this thread, I want to know what he tells all of you, I have a totally brand new inside and out Krell 700cx, steven did not do the job, Krell did, I have mods inside that krell claims that my amp is the only one out there like it, part of the mods is caps that were not available in 2005 that are 2014 caps, I talked to Steven before I did this very exspensive job to my amp, I did a three way conversation, my amp was sent to krell for the job to get in stock new cosmetics, steven would had to have ordered them, Steven is Honest!, He told me Ray Muchler that he trained could do the particular job I wanted, and I all my cosmetic new parts would be there, I could get my amp back a little faster, so at the end of the day, Steven is first class!, If I ever need anything else, The Service Department Home and Krell are my only choices, if Krell can't do the job, Steven can!, Cheers.
@ Cciano, Hi, Just bing, The sevice Department, scroll around, then you will see, The service Department home, Steven is the name on the site, He is in the state of connecticut like Krell is, Let me know here if you find the site and if you talk to steven. cheers.
your welcome Cciano, Steven is a very,very good technician, like I said, He trained Ray muchler, the current service manager at krell, LOL!, He owns a kps-25sc I joked about wanting to buy from him, He will never sale it, I was not serious, He was about keeping it, The man loves vintage krell equipment, I believe you are in good hands, please keep me posted here, or you can E-mail me through audiogon mail, thankyou for your reply, also, If you can help me, post a post about anything on the cable thread I started, called, Tara labs cables, I want to keep the thread going, there is no specific topic criteria, I call it the peoples thread, Talk about any thing, I want to learn from you, If I see you make the thread, I can ask you questions that are not related to one topic there, cheers.
Cciano, Have you decided to use the service department home?, what has happened since we last spoke here.