I had the A21 amp and it did add some chestiness to Leonard Cohen's voice. ffw several components and the mc611's are driving a pair of KEF Blades. As always I have to recommend getting a demo with the intended speakers, but I'm into my 3rd year with this system and still can't imagine replacing anything that could make an improvement.
McIntosh MC611 vs Parasound JC5
My system:
Parasound JC 5 stereo amp, JC 2 pre amp, JC 3 Jr phono pre amp Pro-Ject X2 turntable. Integra Research CD player. Pair of Rel S-510 subs. Eversolo streamer.
Recent purchase of B&W 802 D4 replacing my Kef R3 meta.
My room is 22x19 feet.. Listening volume is between 75-90 db. I love the way my system sounds.
Would I benefit from adding an additional JC 5 amp and Bi-amping each speaker vs adding a pair on MC611 mono blocks vs keeping system as is ?
Speakers were auditioned in showroom with McIntosh amps which also sounded great. I plan to upgrade the streamer at some point but this post is about the amps.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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@toothdoc So what did you end up doing?
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I ask because I just bought a second JC5, so I'm biamping with 2 of them and am extremely happy with that decision. I previously ran 1 JC5 and 1 A21. The issue I had was dialing in the gain levels between the amps so they were ideal. With 2 identical amps, you remove that requirement and can just set all gains the same and forget about it.
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