Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1


I’m using an Ayre KV-5 Twenty amp with a KX-5 Twenty preamp to drive KEF Reference 1s, but I have three JC-1s in cartons with the plan to sell them. I also have a JC-2 preamp. I’m loath to unbox the JC-1s just to try them with the Reference 1s, so I wonder if anyone has compared the two amps and can give advice. I use a QX-5 Twenty for Roon, so like the idea of an all Ayre setup, balanced of course, but it also would be balanced with the Parasound JC-2 and JC-1s. Any thoughts/advice?

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I have a lot of respect for JC and others.
i suspect that designers that use speakers that honk up time aNd phase don’t much care about TIM... 
Some people like feedback.... I prefer no global feedback 
but
you probably have to listen to decide
big fan of Ayre, RIP Charlie...