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Parasound versus Rotel? I own, compared, and still use some vintage stuff. Namely Rotel 900 series - 980BX & 981 compared them to Parasound’s HCA-1000/1000 collectively tri-amping towers.
The P’sound were great for driving unmodified Polk RTi A series speakers as their mid & top are a bit forward & bright.
My RTi A series are bi & tri amped - yes no passive filtering save for Clarity DC blocking caps on the tweeters. To me the P’sound sounded “flat” & the top rolled off. During one energetic listening session, I saw the P 1000 “Overload” LED flash driving 4 ohm tweeters.
Rotels make the speakers disappear. They idle & run cooler and even during very demanding program material I’ve thrown at them, they don’t seem to break a sweat.
My $0.02. Thanks. Tony
Parasound versus Rotel? I own, compared, and still use some vintage stuff. Namely Rotel 900 series - 980BX & 981 compared them to Parasound’s HCA-1000/1000 collectively tri-amping towers.
The P’sound were great for driving unmodified Polk RTi A series speakers as their mid & top are a bit forward & bright.
My RTi A series are bi & tri amped - yes no passive filtering save for Clarity DC blocking caps on the tweeters. To me the P’sound sounded “flat” & the top rolled off. During one energetic listening session, I saw the P 1000 “Overload” LED flash driving 4 ohm tweeters.
Rotels make the speakers disappear. They idle & run cooler and even during very demanding program material I’ve thrown at them, they don’t seem to break a sweat.
My $0.02. Thanks. Tony