Parasound Halo JC-1 for Thiel CS 5i

No I don’t, wish I could, in Australia they are over $18k. And to buy a s/h pair in the US is cheap enough, but shipping for me is a huge cost, and then I’d need to convert them to 240v, but this could be just a primary transformer tap change if lucky.

I have something similar two pairs of ME850’s (long out of production) but very similar topology to the JC1’s.

My reviewer friend Edgar Karmer for HiFi Australia, 6Moons, and who also owns Audio Esoterica magazine has a pair of JC1's, and they were the best thing (beside an ME1500 also out of production) we found from many to drive his Wilson Alexia’s with, which are also a bitch to drive.

Cheers George

Yes I know, that was a tongue in cheek question mark, with eyebrows raised.

Let’s just say I like Class D for >4ohm bass/sub duty)

Cheers George

Ok...I borrowed a Mark Levinson 433 from my dealer who had let me try the Parasound A21.

The ML 433 is very good - better texture to the bass and more refined treble compared to the W4S ST1000. And was able to play at high volume without clipping like the A21.

My question is now why would the A21 clip and the ML 433 would not given the same speakers and set up? Is this due to the power transformers and capacitance of the amps?

One day I may actually know something about this stuff!

Dsper