Thanks, didn't mean to hijack your thread!
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Hey Widget Congrats on having those beauties in your possession.
They look So Yummy.
Wish I wasn't 5k miles away or I'd be there for a fun day of listening and reveling.
Hey for me "big" never mattered. Just sound quality. Sweet
As good as the Everests sounded with a mere 80 wpc from a circa 1977 design... premium power delivers premium results! These Halo JC-1s are set to their high bias mode and offer up a full 25 wpc of room temperature raising Class A operation before drifting smoothly into a Class AB bias. All joking aside, they do heat the room, but the sound is quite remarkable and worth the energy consumption! Where the sound was strained before during loud passages, the sound now simply gets louder without strain. I would expect that from any competent high power amp, but the sound down at the lower power levels is also a vast improvement. My old GAS amp was smooth and relaxed enough, but these amps offer up spatial layering and detailing that simply wasn't available with my old standby... and the bass is significantly more taught and punchy.
I have been enjoying the JC-1s with a fellow forumite's JC-2BP preamp... the combo is shockingly quiet, detailed, spatial, and just plain damned good! After these babies are a bit more broken in... I will be plopping my Marantz 7 back into the system to see if I can step back into time without being disappointed. The Parasound Halo Summer sale is only through the end of the week, so if I am going to jump ship from my 1959 tubed wonder I'll have to make the decision soon. :blink:
According to those who should know, this combo sounds best in balanced mode... another tempting point to move over to the modern remote controlled world... hmmm. :hmm:
Widget
IME - won't happen. :eek: Upgrades are fine. Downgrades are intolerable. It will eat you 24/7. At least it does to me.
The new amps look good, and balanced mode sure are good new arguments. But then again, there will be other interesting offers as well, which makes the whole damn thing a never ending, expensive, story.
Good luck, and enjoy.
Johnny
Very nice amps!! I bet they bring a lot to the table for those superb speakers! Well done.:applaud:
Welcome to 2012.:p
Yeah! :D
The fact that they have been in production for nearly 10 years with NO updates, mods, tweaks or changes does say a lot though.
So far my biggest criticism is the heat and the physical size... I am considering placing them in my basement directly below each speaker. With balanced runs this would be the most "correct" way to wire them and aesthetically and comfort wise I think it would also be an upgrade. The amps have a 12V trigger so I would be able to either have the preamp trigger them or use a manual trigger.
Widget
Sounds to me like a decision has already been made ;)
hello,
congratulations & thanks for sharing, nice pic's aswell!:applaud:
maybe, oneday, if i keep up my paper route.
Couldn't do it... I'm sticking with the old, get off the couch to change the volume or source Marantz. The JC-2BP is quieter, more spacious, better at resolving detail etc... but there is something strangely appealing about the Marantz... and it's paid for.:D
Without balanced outs... I guess the long leads required to stick these amps downstairs might not work out.
Widget