Parasound Halo Integrated vs Yamaha AS2100

New Yamaha's are great and built like a tank .
If economy tanks, which it will , which company will still be here ?

My listening space is a fairly large room and I do not plan to incorporate a subwoofer at this time so I need to get some good low end out of them, which the parasound output power would produce I believe but the Yamaha has a decent amount of power as well. I have a MM cartridge turntable at the moment. MC is definitely something I plan to upgrade to in the future tho. I am having a hard time making a decision which way to go. And I'm gonna be able to get into either unit for the same money.  Tough decision 

The Parasound has a nice DAC built in.

Haven't heard it but I am a big fan of the Halo amps in general. Powerful, grain, glare and noise free.

Best,

E

" The Yamaha house sound is somewhat more forward/bright than Parasound. "

Though this may be the case with some Yamaha of the not so far past, my understanding with these newer Yamaha integrateds(A-S1100, A-S2100, A-S3000) with mosfet transistors, lean more toward the "warmer" side of neutral than the bipolar integrateds(A-S1000, A-S2000).  I have my A-S1000 paired up with Klipsch Reference with titanium tweeters and though a bit forward, not edgy or bright.

" For some reason I'm leaning towards the Yamaha, but I can't say why... "

Maybe because it is a beast and those meters sure look cool.

Bill

The thing that impresses me about the Yamaha is it is 51 pounds.  The Parasound is only 33.  I know that doesn't really prove anything, but still, I'd expect that the Yamaha is built to higher specs WRT current and heat demands.