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Parasound JC5, Pass X250.8, Coda No. 8 V2 Recommendation

I’m looking into the following amps: Parasound JC 5, Pass X250.8, and Coda No. 8 V2. Based on your experiences, which has the most spacious imaging, resolving, detailed, deep bass with airy and extended highs.

My preamp is a Don Sachs Model 2 using 6SN7 tubes. However, I’m also considering a Cary SLP-05 Tube Preamp.

My speakers are all DIY: ScanSpeak Illuminator 13” 3-way, and SBAcoustics Satori 6.5” MTM, ScanSpeak Classic 8” 3-way, and SBAcoustics Satori 8” 3-way using (2) 8” bass drivers.

IC are DIY Duelund DCA20ga. Speaker cables are DIY Mogami W3104 and Canare 4S11G.

Thanks.

88man

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88man OP
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Thank you everyone for the good advice! The Coda No. 8 seems to get a lot of praise. I do want a glorious midrange, spatial imaging, and extended highs.

I’ll be biamping the speakers, where I’ll be using a separate class AB amp for the woofer, and a high-end amp for the mid/tweeter cab.

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