Parasound JC1 or Spectron Musician 3 se

Mantis007, do you have two systems or have you not updated your system page lately? Sean

Thanks for your responces.

There's not a lot of Kaya owners out there, so i didn't expect alot of experience with them.

My Parasound A21 drive them pretty well I just want a little more headroom.

Their impedance drops to about 2 ohms at 20k hz.

I like the sound of the A21 so the JC1s would probably be really nice. I'm just really intrigued by the spectron amps and like that they would put off less heat.

Thanks, Sean

Terry, You prefer the new Spectons to the Pass XA200.5 on your speakers? Thats pretty impressive. I haven't heard either but I'm going to RMAF this year so I'll check them out. Sean

Hi Lance, I listened to the innersound amps on my speakers at my dealers before I bought the Kayas. He also had a Parasound A51 which is similar to my A21. I preffered the Parasound. He was using a Parasound surround processor for a preamp which I wasn't to sure about. In my room with my equipment the innersound amps may have faired better.

My room is pretty small and the A21 already heats up the room pretty quick but this is only a issue 2 to 3 months a year here in Seattle.

Your right about trying them both. I have heard that Rogue Zeus would be good combo to. I guess I'll just have to decide which to try first.

Best Sean

Hi Guys, I ended up getting a used Innersound DPR-500. The DPR-500 has much more control over the panels than my A21 did. Drums sound much more realistic now. Its not bright like the former Innersound Killowatt monos I auditioned.

Also I auditioned Sanders Sound new speakers and electronics at RMAF and heard no brightness either. So I can only guess that the killowatt monos had something wrong with them, or it was something else in the setup.

I checked out the Spectron-SP tech room also. I didn't hear any sonic anomallies to speak of but it just didn't move me. Could be different in my setup. Who knows.

I was seriously thinking about the JC1s or a tube amp, but I think the heat would be to much for my small room in the summer.

Cheers
Sean

Hi Dob,

I heard Jeff Roland gear through the Vienna Acoustics new reference speakers and liked the sound. It would have been nice if the room was bigger, but they did a nice job of working with the room. I'm not sure if they were useing the 312 in that room or not. I did hear the Bel Canto REF1000 mk2s with the TAD speakers and was also impressed. My audition in this room got cut off early because the exhibitor didn't like the second track I had him play. He stopped it part way through and handed it back to me. I thought that was quite rude. Needless to say I left after that. Apparently Led Zepplin was to much for him.