jdub39
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| Anthem STR Power Amp vs Parasound JC5 I use an 8805 as a preamp for 2/ch and the Anthem would indeed be the next Pre/pre on my radar but no DSD again makes it a no go. When upgrading from the A21 to the Jc5 one of things was to uptick the source since budget was chewed up, I added a G... | |
| Doubling a Set of Speaker Cables I use a double run of Morrow Audio newer SP3's and wont go back to regular bi-wire method in a single cable! | |
| Parasound a21 upgrades Then bs it is! Lol , got other things to do! | |
| Parasound a21 upgrades Do your own research I was present! | |
| Parasound a21 upgrades Ha ha says one twit . In a thread on Audio Asylum , we had a great discussion a few years back with Mr. Curl who said if given the choice he would've used silver fuses in the Halo amps, I used the Silver Star in my A21 and the results kicked up ... | |
| Parasound a21 upgrades Oh my yes! Could easily be10k and worth every penny. | |
| Parasound a21 upgrades The JC5 is the clear upgrade at 6k, one could argue go for the A21+ and save some coin as from what I understand it's a refined A21. I switched to the JC5 after many years of musical enjoyment with my A21, I did upgrade it's main fuse twice with f... | |
| Digital Cable (again). Looking forward to your final choice, do enjoy the journey. | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Sorry! that's Gustard A18 Dac and not Guitars ! lol! | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Why yes indeedMarantz 8805 pre and surround processorOPPO 203/ Guitars A18 Parasound JC5 (just replaced A21 and oh my!)Anthem Mca 30Emotive A700Boston Acoustics E100 (mains)Boston Acoustics E70 (center)Energy ,Canton ,Boston's (ceiling and surroun... | |
| Digital Cable (again). You left the Silver Sonic D750 in for 18hrs and gave up? I went through the same process a few months ago and the D750 just like the HDMI (which bettered WW ultra violet 7 and AQ Coffee) has better extended highs and better harmonics(musicality in... | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Yes , very satisfied with my music playback! | |
| Holographic, 3D Solid State Amp under $6k SS amp (10-15 first class A watts) in that budget ? Parasound Jc5 and pick your tube preamp. The xlr connections are very solid! | |
| Furutech GTX NCF receptical break in, how long The outlet is done settling in and took 600-700 hrs to do so! The result is well worth the wait and is flat out what could be considered essential as it's the best outlet money can buy and does indeed represent the current SOTA. Hard pressed to g... | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? Power first,get that part right from the in the wall and from the wall and work your way up from amp ,source ,preamp and good cables . The room and speakers will let you know if you've succeeded . |