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Krell Mono Power Amplifier
Price: $ 50,000.00 / Pair
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The Evolution 900e is the most powerful member of the Evolution Series. At a
staggering 3,600 watts into a 2 Ohm load, the Evolution 900e is a virtually
limitless source of power for any speaker. This power capability is coupled to a
new green operating mode that reduces standby electrical draw to a mere 2 Watts.
While power is essential for lifelike volume levels and realistic dynamics, the
true benefit of this engine is its ability to dominate a speaker and extract the
ultimate performance from any speaker design. Dedicating one amplifier per
speaker is the recognized best path to ultimate performance. As such, the
Evolution 900e is a monaural design requiring two for stereo reproduction or
left and right power amplifiers in a home theater system.
FEATURES
Power Supply
The Evolution 900e is equipped with two 3,000 VA transformers
and 108,000 µF. This power source is the backbone for the output of the
Evolution 900e. With this foundation, the Evolution 900e delivers 900 watts into
8 Ohms, 1,800 watts into 4 Ohms, and 3,600 watts into 2 Ohms. The FTC mandates
that power ratings are quoted using a 1,000 Hz sine wave into a fixed 8 Ohm
resistor with final power specification stated at 1% distortion. Krell
engineering considers this specification too lenient and not indicative of what
an amplifier is required to provide. Krell designs to a much stricter standard.
Our power tests use a 20-20,000Hz signal into 8, 4, and 2 Ohm loads with our
final specifications stated for .1% distortion.
Internal high-current line
conditioning circuitry effectively blocks RF noise entering via the AC line and
compensates for any asymmetry or DC offset in the power waveforms. The
amplifiers' low level and gain stages are powered via multi regulated rails that
provide total immunity from supply fluctuations and assure noise-free circuit
operation. Primary rail voltages are quasi-regulated, enabling an "on-demand"
supply of power that is highly responsive to dynamic load.
Circuitry Highlights
Krell's new Active Cascode Topology™ is a significant
departure from traditional amplifier circuits where the positive and negative
rail voltages are each applied entirely across a single row of transistors. High
voltage swing and gain requirements dictate that the transistors be "pushed"
into non-linear operating regions and, in some cases, dangerously close to
breakdown. Krell topology divides the full voltage swing across multiple rows of
transistors, and all devices are active-biased (i.e., they all carry the audio
signal). Because individual transistors in the cascode array "see" only a
proportional fraction of the rail voltage, they operate in a region that
provides optimum linearity, gain, and safety. And because the devices are not
being pushed to their limits, the amplifier runs cooler and more reliably. The
improved linearity and stability greatly reduces the need for negative feedback,
which is known to cause sonic degradation. Krell Evolution power Amplifiers use
only 14 dB of feedback throughout the topology-a small fraction of the amount
implemented in typical designs.
Krell Active Cascode Topology offers several performance advantages. It
breaks through bandwidth limitations of conventional designs and delivers very
high current. The power bandwidth of an Evolution 900e is 120 kHz; far greater
than the bandwidth of a typical high performance amplifier. The result is near
perfect performance in the audible range with no phase anomalies typical of
lower bandwidth designs. Because the "work" is spread across multiple devices,
the amplifier is more load tolerant. Open-loop output impedance is extremely
low-about one hundred times lower than with most power amplifiers-ensuring
exceptional speaker control. All of these performance gains are achieved while
maintaining a high rail voltage, which provides a beneficial "flywheel" effect-a
de facto regulation that enables the amplifier to better deal with sudden
changes in power requirement, such as those caused by large signal
transients.
Evolution amplifiers feature Krell CAST technology. CAST is a unique circuit
and connection breakthrough that eliminates distortions inherent in voltage
based amplification. A complete Evolution (source, preamplifier, and amplifier)
system, connected with CAST interconnects reduces the number of voltage gain
stages to the minimum, one. The resulting noise floor is approaching the
theoretical limit of technology. Emanating from a completely black background,
music explodes from absolute silence moving the listener closer to the goal of
recreating the live musical event in the listening room.
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