I look at the back of the Parasounds and see the cheapest plastic 5way binding posts and wonder what else is junk inside if thats the quality on the outside? the Sims are pure quality but you can do better musiclly. A McCormack DNA 500, Belles Ref.150 in mono,Ayre(the big one),BEL-Brown Electronics Labs mk5 in mono,Clayton mono's all will beat the Mark Levensons, Krells, Pass,Jeff Rowland Plinius,Classe etc,etc. I don't believe stereo or mono amps will effect the soundstaging nearly as much as the speakers output being exactly the same. And though I am fully ballanced with my system, I don't put any advantage or dissadvantage in going ballanced or single ended.
