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| Replacing Parasound p7, but with what? I agree with atmosphere's comments, but your A 21 would pair well with a Parasound JC 2 preamp. The used market seems to be around $2K. The JC 2 has been characterized as approaching an ideal strait wire with amplification.If you want to integra... | |
| First Watt with KEF LS50s I think I would use only the balanced input, perhaps with a Goldpoint to switch between an Oppo BDP 105 and Sony HAP-Z1ES, both of which sound better with balanced output. It would be nice to have an HDMI option, but HDMI seems a can of worms sma... | |
| First Watt with KEF LS50s If you mean a Halo Integrated amp, the answer is no. I've used both an A 21 and A23 to drive the LS50s, and much prefer the A 21, but it's too large for the cabinet I want to use so I sold it last night. Richard Schram tells me the sound with Ha... | |
| First Watt with KEF LS50s mapman, the Reno folks who sell First Watt concur that it's not a suitable pairing. (I think I got carried away by how well the pair of 20-watt Cary CAD 573 SE tube monoblocks sound with the LS50s.) I sold the Parasound A 21 last night and will u... | |
| Levinson 380S with sub There seems to be both balanced and single-ended outputs. I had hoped the single-ended output could be connected to a bass manager. | |
| Sub with Levinson 380 integrated Does a Levinson 380S preamp provide an output that can be used by a bass manager that controls subs? It appears to have balanced and single ended outputs, both I assume with volume control. | |
| Sub with Levinson 380 integrated I'm using a pair of Velodyne HGS-10s with an SMS-1 bass manager for the setup in which I had proposed to use a 383. The KEF LS50s are surprisingly good even without a sub, and can track a jazz bass pretty convincingly. My main setup does the org... | |
| Sub with Levinson 380 integrated I did mean the 383. I had been reading about the 380S preamp, and inadvertently carried that designation over. The 380S does seem to have a variable that might be used to drive a bass manager. | |
| Integrated Amp Suggestions for Dynaudio Contour 3.4LE hgeifman, Does the AX-7e have an output that can provide a signal to a sub manager? The manager would do crossover.db | |
| Aragon, Parasound or Bryston noble100: You didn't tell us which Class D amp you are using. I'm using 3 Parasound JC 1 (LCR), an A 21, and two A 23 (surround) amps that at the moderate listening levels I prefer I suspect stay in Class A, but I might replace the A 21 with a C... | |
| Cary CAD 120S Mk II amps Thanks for the information, George. I thought the Cary CAD 572 SE was likely a mismatch for the LS50, so was surprised the pairing sounds as good as it does. I use a Parasound A 21 to drive the LS50s and will likely continue to do so. I plan to... | |
| Cary CAD 120S Mk II amps Interesting idea. Wonder how the 572s would sound with my KEF Reference 107/2s, also rated at 90 dB sensitivity? I'm driving the 107/2s now with a pair of Parasound JC1 monoblocks in low bias mode so the first 10 watts is Class A. I added Carda... | |
| Multi Channel SACD Dave,What does ModWright bring to the party with HDMI where the DAC process is outsourced?I tend to agree with you about phantom center, although I've invested nearly $4K for a used Parasound JC 1 monoblock and KEF Reference 204/2C center. I can ... | |
| An all Parasound system - Good idea? I use a JC 3, JC 2 BP, and JC 1s for stereo. For mch and HT, front LR from a Bryston SP3 passes through the JC 2 BP, with direct feed to a JC 1 for center and to a pair of A 23s for side and rear surround. I use an A 21 in a secondary stereo set... | |
| Refurbished vs New auxinput,In the early 50s I used to plug my little RCA 45 RPM changer into my Fender guitar amp.db |