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i heard of parasound, is it any good. I was also looking at NAD.
What if all amps sound the same? That, is, no sound of their own as long as the amp is one of hundreds of quality amps with no audible distortion, and the amp is being operated within its capabilities?Consider: "Any amplifier, regardless of topology, can be treated as a ?black box? for the purpose of listening comparisons. If amplifiers A and B both have flat frequency response, low noise floor, reasonably low distortion, high input impedance, low output impedance, and are not clipped, they will be indistinguishable in sound at matched levels no matter what?s inside them."http://theaudiocritic.com/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=38&blogId=1Of course, operating at "matched levels" is critical for proper evaluation. One unit that is even subtlety louder will seem to sound better. The characteristics some feel makes certain amps (or other equipment) sound better to them might be the low level of distortion that equipment puts out...sounds better to some folks over certain loudspeakers, and that distortion (coloring of the sound) does not sound good to other folks or over other loudspeakers. So, I'd buy the lowest cost quality amp I could find that has adequate power, and avoid any amp that has any characteristic sound of its own.
Personally i think this will do you up just fine with out a lot audio voodoohttp://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1219941489no affiliation with the seller but i like rotel amps, good quality nice sound ED
Quote from: ecramer on 5 Jul 2008, 09:01 pmPersonally i think this will do you up just fine with out a lot audio voodoohttp://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1219941489no affiliation with the seller but i like rotel amps, good quality nice sound EDNot a bad amp , I like Parasound Halo better though. It sells for around 1K new and can be had for $600 used. it is not perfect...but what is?WFS is also great but it is more then double new.......have not seen them on used market. If you see them .....grab it while it is still HOT.
Ed, you are right and I did not mean to suggest an amp that is twice as much as the original budget. I suggested Wire For Sound for its sonics alone and if you can find it used .........GREAT. The thing is, I have not seen any up for sell on used market.Parasound Halo is one great amp...........actually all amps from that series are great. Even the Parasound A 23 at 125wpc is a great buy and worth every penny..........used for $600 is a steal IMO. Rotels and NADs are also very good amps. However I would start with single Halo A 23 and if needed bridge into mono configuration for 400wpc.I do not see how you could go wrong with that setup....but it is just me. YMMV.Best regardsMariusz