Parasound JC-1 Questions

1. No problem at all turning them on and off as needed. They sound better after about 45 minutes of playing music and are pretty much fully warmed up after 90 minutes.

2. I don't know. What is the heat dissipation of a Krell? It may be possible to estimate that of a JC-1 as follows. Continuous power output into 4 ohms is 800 watts RMS, while the input power while driving that load at full power is 1280 watts. Thus it would follow the 480 watts difference is dissipated as heat, or about 1640 BTU/hr. Of course in actual use it wouldn't be driving a purely resistive load, nor would it be operating at full power output continuously. So the real power dissipation would be a fraction of that.

3. No, but then I bought them as a consumer before becoming a dealer for them.

Brian

Darn, Perfectionist! My amps didn't come with lava lamps!

Nice pics!

Brian

Yours for the asking! :-) Go to the Products page on my website (my username(dot)com ) and click the "Click here" link near the top of the page for a view of the amps and speakers...I'll get around to the front end photos one of these days.

Brian

I didn't get the Mothra power plant and tailings ponds with them, either, Bob. Of course any good dealer (can you name one?) would provide red and blue lava lamps and configure them for the left and right channels so you would know whether you are coming or going, as starboard and port...they need to be swapped for recordings that are out of phase... I don't have access to the Starship models so I make do with small bottles of Aceite de Culebra which have developed a cult following among the cognoscenti and have been a big hit at pizza and beer parties...