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My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA

l bought the Parasound halo a21 and the differences of improvement in the sound quality are just unreal, it's like too good to be true, before the parasound i had an Emotiva XPA and after listened to the differences btw the emo and the parasound i got to the conclusion that emotiva made my speakers sounded so bad, the sound quality is night and day differences, I'm was shocked!! It's just unbelievable, to give you a better hint of what I'm talking about, the emotiva is a Honda and the Parasound is a mercedez Benz s63 AMG, or Toyota vs Ferrari lol. I can't believe the sound just can get that good.

Emotiva is not High End they not even close to what high end sounds like, they are good products but never can consider high end, but they claim to be high end, for the price you can get a good Mid-fi sound, but they are out of the high end league, that's a true statement. it's not an opinion, It's what it's. when i demo the parasound i put it side by side with 10,000$ and 12,000 dollars amplifiers and the parasound just sounded as good as those super expensive amps.

The emotiva was my first amplifier so that's why i wrote a review on amazon saying that Emotiva was a truly High end Amp with a consumer price tag LOL, what the Hell i was thinking OMG i was soooooo wrong.

I was only getting 20% of my sonus faber veneres with the emotiva, now I believe I'm getting their full potential 100%, I believed the hype of the emotiva for a while, I was a believer but now i know emotiva is just a good mid-fi amp, nothing more!! If you looking for the best sound as possible please don't get the emotiva, emotiva is not even close to high end, you will be disappointed!! The parasound is the best AMP you can get for the money, i believe that you can spent the double of the money and won't get this kind of performance, Halo is the best Bang for your Buck and i finally found the product that i want to use forever.

to get a better understanding of what i'm talking about, let's say Parasound vs krell is like mercedez benz S Class AMG vs roll royce!!! all depends your budget and how much money you want to spent, but me personally i'm gonna stick with the parasound halo forever.

i use the Cars Example cuz i don't have no words to describe the sound of my system with the halo LOL.

the part that i was even more impressive is with movies, since the Denon X4000 receiver is running the center and surrounds i didn't expect so much differences in the sound quality in the Movie department, but the movies sound nigh and day differences also, but i still need the halo A51 to finish the full amplification department, i'm gonna save up for the A51 cuz i want the same sound quality in the surrounds and center channel, but for now i'm so happy with the performance and soundstage i got from the A21.

I'm very very happy cuz this past saturday i went to the high end show and they were demo the Devialet amps that sounded so good, but the parasound sounds better to me, i can't believe i can get 20,000 dollars performance for 2,500$, THIS IS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!! but it's true.
brownsugar_ny
213runnin
914 posts
 
Well, you're all over the board and appear to have at least 10 amps, unless you are incorrectly pluralizing the word amp.  At any rate all one can do is listen to their system and pick the one that sounds better to them.

And to me, in the exact same room, with the same system, the same music, the exact same volume level, the same cables and the same $6000 speakers, the A21 was clearly superior to the Emotiva amp.  I would have sent back the A21 had I not been satisfied, why spend a big chunk of money for no improvement?  

And when one realizes that Emotiva is way over hyping their products and being dishonest to say the least, I can certainly understand why some criticize them.  
audiocvk
3 posts
 
That is what's great about different choices, we pick what sound best to our ears.  It's great you found the sound you like.

I am hoping soon that our distributor will carry Emotiva, as one local A/V a few blocks from us now carries Emotiva.  The distributor tells us they will soon and our plan is to set up Emotiva among the rest of our amps and let our customers hear for their own ears and decide.  This will be fun.

We are about to see great things for Emotiva's future! 


213runnin
914 posts
 
Okay, that explains it, you are a dealer hyping Emotiva.   Well, I hope you get a good profit margin out of them.
audiocvk
3 posts
 
No runnin, I am not an Emotiva dealer, how you come to that conclusion after I told you our distributor does not carry Emotiva, not yet anyway but we are hoping to become an Emotiva dealer for their fine products.  I see you all over the forums sharing your dislike for Emotiva but I for one do not see it the way you do.  Sorry your experience has been different than my own. It's great you have found the equipment that works for you!  Enjoy!
213runnin
914 posts
 
In going back and re-reading you comment, it is clear that whatever meaning you were trying to convey was muddled in regards to you "distributor" vs your "local A/V", but whatever.  Since you are hoping to become an Emotiva dealer, one must assume that you are a dealer/retailer or work for one. And you are excited about Emotiva.  Again, I hope you get a good margin out of them.

I'm still puzzled at your comments on how many different amps you own, or have owned?  I guess you were comparing the Emotiva to your old amps by memory?  Either way, good for you on finding something else that you like, as me I suspect you'll see that the emperor has no clothes within two years.  Unlike you I suppose, the Emotiva amp I purchased was my second audio amp ever.  It didn't sound any better than an entry level Adcom amp I had, but it went louder.


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