Parasound Halo JC-1 and JC-2 How good are they?


Calling all Halo users. What amps/preamps have you auditioned these against? How do they really compare to Krell, Levinson, Plinius, Ayre, and the usual cast of characters?
I'm very interested and would like to know your experiences with this equipment.
Thanks in advance,
Steve
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This has been covered many times on this forum... so do a search to discover affordable nirvana. I drive my Martin Logan Summits with the JC-1 monoblocks thru my Mark Levinson 380S Preamp and can confidentally confirm it beats or at the worst matches the offerings from Levinson, Krell, Classe, Plinius, etc... The JC-1's have a beautiful and full sound production that simply cannot be matched at it's price point of double that in my opinion. No I am not a Parasound dealer. I have had the Krells, Levinsons, Halcros and Pass Labs in my current system and they were no better and sometimes worse in certain areas in my opinion. Never had the JC-2... so no comment.
I had JC-1's. I thought they were great and better than the Nuforce 9SE's that they replaced. Then I went back to the Rotel RB-1090 that I had before the Nuforce and Parasounds and I'm happier. Go figure. You have to try them, everything I read about the other amps was true but I still find the Rotel more satisfying. Synergy and all that stuff.
Hi Rossman and others,
I do have the Parasound equipment in my system. I'm reasonably impressed. The equipment is very dynamic and open. Vocals seem float from the system. However I'm not detecting that last bit of harmonic bloom and richness that my current system has. The amps and pre have been on and "breaking in" with a break in CD for the last two weeks.
I'd think the units have settled, but maybe there is more to come?
Right now I have mixed feelings.