Plinius Hiato

Off hand what brand/model would be a good upgrade from the Parasound Halo?

Pass is also Mosfet, I think.
Seeing now your looking at poweramps, a step up would be the JC1 Halo’s in high bias Class-A mode.

This is Stereophile's quote to the load the Montis present.
" Either way, that this speaker is a difficult load for the partnering amplifier to drive is compounded by the high electrical phase angle" 


Cheers George

Um, I think that's a really nice integrated. I'd suggest you look into your room acoustics if you haven't already. Contact GIK for great advice and products.

For the price of a new amp  you could get some serious improvements. :)

Best,

E

the X250.8 is awesome and will drive anything...way better than the Halo Integrated or the Hiato...way more expensive too, but a used one will hold it's value for a bunch of years...

The Hiato is also way better than the Halo integrated   Haven't heard the JC1

As a former Plinius dealer,completely wrong.The Plinius sounds great with the Martin Logans. 

The Plinius amps are very high current and that is the difference. They can easily drive very hard to handle loudspeakers.

They also compliment the tonal requirements beautifully as they are slightly warm sounding as well. 

We have a demo Hutonga and its 200 watt into 8 ohm will handle your speakers beautifully.