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Which integrated amp would you pick?

Musical Fidelity M6 or Parasound Halo? Any thoughts would be very much appreciated. 
krelldog
theothergreg
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I have a HINT in a third system and it's a great swiss army knife of an integrated.  If you can use all that it packs, $2,500 (new) is a relative bargain.

I have just converted to tubes recently in my main system, though, and would have to agree with freediver that a PrimaLuna would be a great option.  Every now and then a a nice used/demo unit pops up here on A'gon but they move pretty fast so gotta keep your eyes open.
krelldog OP
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George- Where can I get one under 2K ? Please share...
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georgehifi
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I’m sure if your a good haggler at $2.5k rrp you can get them down, as many places sell Parasound in the US, in Australia no one pays rrp for anything but you have to haggle for it, isn’t it the same in the US?

And there’s always used, this one was mint and boxed.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parasound-Halo-Integrated-2-1-Amplifier-And-DAC-/122028513819?hash=item1c69775a1b%3Ag%3AwwkAAOSwGIRXcV3d&nma=true&si=ph3vIqnZtW%252Bz6wdpAIVab%252BCAJoI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

And if you still have the hard to drive Martin Logan Accents, then this is the integrated for you.

As ML esl's can dip down to 1ohm, and the Parasound having good current delivery because it uses bi-polar (BJT) output devices and has decent power supply will not mind this load.

Cheers George


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georgehifi
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This one went for $1700, gota be quick.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-parasound-halo-integrated-2-1-ch-int-dac-2016-05-05-integrateds-85207-mesa-az

Cheers George

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skoczylas
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Perhaps settle on your new speakers then decide? But both are great options although I think Para is a lot cheaper. If you can spend a lot more than that perhaps look at a few other options as well such as Hegel, red wine, Yamaha and Regs - just to be sure you find what you like best. Keep us posted and enjoy the search. 
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