KPS 30i one of the best , then and now! The only one close to this model is the KPS 25sc.

Plastic remote control looks like a philips cd RC.

Wow, I was totally not ready for this. I was looking for a budget player to start a second system based on the JBL 4333B. I came across this used, so I decided to give it a shot, even though I was skeptical since this is 90s technology and the digital technologgy has moved on quite a bit.

The bass!!! it goes real low, and its articulate, and tight. Highs also have a very life like sound, especially the cymbals. When I play jazz, images seemed to float in front of me, helped by the low bass to create the ambience of the venue. I am impressed.

If you can find one, grab it. At the used price its a steal.

Great sound which proves that diminishing laws of retunrs apply here. I have not listened to a lot of higher end players but I believe this unit stays very close to the pack up there. Built like a brick, or maybe concrete.

Remote control looks plasticky and cheap.

Throughout all these 9 years I've owned Marantz CD-63KISig, Arcam Alpha 8, Sony XA7ES before settlign for a CEC transport and CAL Alpha DAC. I've stayed with the transport/DAC for several months before I decided to venture into the high-end. Well, I'm not earning a fat paycheck so I have no choice but to look at teh used market. Incidentally a Krell KPS-30i pops up and coincidentally the seller was just a few miles away from my place so I went over for an audition.

I was sold by the first impression of this unit. The damn thing was built like a brick. The seller played several tracks and I skipped tracks to test the durability of the lens. The sound was clear as crystal and there was detail a plenty. The Krell was driving some Jeff Rowland separates which include the venerable 8TI power amp and finally driving some huge MBL speakers that looked like some spacecraft with their odd triangular shaped form. I was not paying too much attention on the sound of the KPS-30i but instead relishing the handsome looks of the unit.

All in all a very good and reliable player even by todays standards. The transport and DAC are housed separately so external transports or DACs can be added later on should the need arise. The remote control is my only gripe as it looks like cheap plastic.

This player will be staying for a while in my system.

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