Krell's new high-end surround preamp-processor ($30,000) has all the requisite bells and whistles, including decoding for all the new audio formats and video processing via Genesis chips suppoorted by Krell-designed circuitry. Available now.

Owners of Krell's S-1000 pre-pro will want to know that a major upgrade for that product will be available in November, including high-rez audio decoding and video processing.