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Accuphase Vs Parasound

Hi guys! I’m considering purchasing a used E-560 for USD 4000 to drive my Elac Adante AS-61 (85dB) . Im quite new to this hobby, so I’m hoping to be able to get some advice from more experienced listeners here on this. Do share your thoughts. Thank you 🙏

Just some background, before I saw the E-560 on the used market, I was planning to go for Parasound Hint 6 or Parasound P6 pre and perhaps A21 / A21+ (that’s apparently coming out in a couple of months). Right now I’m just using a Yamaha Aventage rx-a1060 AVR so it’s not ideal for music listening.

adn_abdat
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jafant
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and_abdat

Yamaha does make a very fine integrated amp in their A-S series as above.  Happy Listening!
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jafant
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adn_abdat

Corrected.
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mountainsong
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No comparison. Apple and oranges.
bhakti-rider
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If you want to do yourself a favor before you spend your money, see if you can get some dealer to play a recording with which you're familiar through the Parasound Halo, then have him take the signal from the Halo's pre-out connections and feed them into a McIntosh or some other such amp, and power the same speakers through the same speaker cables.  When I did that, it was unmistakably clear that the Halo's preamp section was good, but the amp section was not worth listening to.
adn_abdat OP
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I'm pretty convinced that accuphase is in a different league when compared to parasound. And so I emailed ELAC asking this question as I was concerned that the pure class A amp rated at 30W of the E-560 wasn't going to be sufficient. Here's the reply from Andrew Jones:
"The accuphase is way underpowered. Go with the Parasound." 
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