Krell KSA-250

[VSAT88]

IDK something must be wrong with mine even though it sounds great. It never gets really, really hot.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Right now it's all talk (as I sit here on the couch surfing). I'll get to it when I get help with carrying the chassis down to the shop. Even though I have the left and right channel removed and in the shop, that chassis and HUGE torroid is still 100 lbs

 

[VSAT88]

No way I would try and carry this 150 let alone a 250.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Well, it's a start. Unwrapped and ready for a real good once over. I gotta get the chassis down so I can take a REAL CLOSE look at the Slow Start board.

 

[J!m]

Looks like they kept Dale in business...

 

[laatsch55]

And their local copper supplier..

 

[George S.]

That's a lot of components, damn!

 

[Gepetto]

That's a lot of components, damn!

More to go wrong...

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Very complicated, especially with shitty incorrect skizmo's. Just like PL and everybody else

 

[Gepetto]

Very complicated, especially with shitty incorrect skizmo's. Just like PL and everybody else

Hopefully I set a higher bar...

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Hopefully I set a higher bar...

Indeed you do Joe. Never had a problem with your docs. Plus, your Customer Service Department is second to NONE! Carry On

 

[George S.]

It's great having a resident engineer.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

It's great having a resident engineer.

Yeah but the babbling guy on ebay says that everything Joe knows about Audio is wrong.

 

[George S.]

Yeah but the babbling guy on ebay says that everything Joe knows about Audio is wrong.

I read the entire listing, interesting life he's had, but smells of BS. Looked up his name for his Emmy, can't find it. What do we get for the $1?

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I read the entire listing, interesting life he's had, but smells of BS. Looked up his name for his Emmy, can't find it. What do we get for the $1?

Not sure but the shipping ($48) for a one dollar item is WHACK

 

[J!m]

Actually pretty typical these days…

I sold those boots today- $15 and $18 shipping.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Actually pretty typical these days…

I sold those boots today- $15 and $18 shipping.

WTF winter is over (everywhere else but here).

 

[J!m]

They’re desert boots!

 

[FredR]

WTF winter is over (everywhere else but here).

95 in Dallas yesterday. Broke 87 year old record.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I used the downtime today to start work on reproducing the Slow-Start circuit board for this Krell KSA-250 Amp. It's a bear. Can't figure out why they used 4 pole relays when they only used 1 or 2 of the 4 circuits. If I can find the footprint for the 2 pole relay, I'll use that instead. Better check the board after I pull it out just in case it's lazy engineers not correcting the skizmo or something. I went through that with the Sansui amp boards. I had to do a point to point with the meter to make sure the skiz matched the board, it didn't. I haven't quite figured out how to take the footprint from Mouser and add it to my Library. It's a bitch measuring and placing individual plated through holes but if we get snowed in for another 3 days, I got nothin else to do so....

I'm going to beef up the components on the board to help withstand the heat. I'm also going to eliminate the 220V switches and wiring. I'm not using 220 anyway.