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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.  

toothdoc
vintagegroove
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@toothdoc So what did you end up doing?

 

vintagegroove
17 posts
 

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.  

 

toothdoc OP
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I purchased two JC1+ mono blocks.   Very happy with the sound quality.  I would like to thank all who responded.   I have also upgraded to the PS Audio AirLens streamer and Denafrips Venus 15th DAC.  To me it sounds amazing and a end game system for me.  It has been a fun journey.  

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