No comparison. Apple and oranges.
Accuphase Vs Parasound
Hi guys! I’m considering purchasing a used E-560 for USD 4000 to drive my Elac Adante AS-61 (85dB) . Im quite new to this hobby, so I’m hoping to be able to get some advice from more experienced listeners here on this. Do share your thoughts. Thank you 🙏
Just some background, before I saw the E-560 on the used market, I was planning to go for Parasound Hint 6 or Parasound P6 pre and perhaps A21 / A21+ (that’s apparently coming out in a couple of months). Right now I’m just using a Yamaha Aventage rx-a1060 AVR so it’s not ideal for music listening.
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If you want to do yourself a favor before you spend your money, see if you can get some dealer to play a recording with which you're familiar through the Parasound Halo, then have him take the signal from the Halo's pre-out connections and feed them into a McIntosh or some other such amp, and power the same speakers through the same speaker cables. When I did that, it was unmistakably clear that the Halo's preamp section was good, but the amp section was not worth listening to. |
I'm pretty convinced that accuphase is in a different league when compared to parasound. And so I emailed ELAC asking this question as I was concerned that the pure class A amp rated at 30W of the E-560 wasn't going to be sufficient. Here's the reply from Andrew Jones: "The accuphase is way underpowered. Go with the Parasound." |
I had been using Accuphase DG28 digital equalizer for room correction for 18 years with no problem at all. Thus I agree with other people that Accuphase makes excellent product. But tube amplifier makes speaker sound alive. I had been happily using Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum 2 for 5 years. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis96cjc-rogue-audio-cronus-magnum-2-tube I have nothing to do with above listing. But that appears to be almost new and good value to me with additional tube valued 100$ at least 100W tube power will be enough to drive your speaker. |
adn_abdatAlso have a look at the new John Curl designed Parasound Hint 6 Halo Integrated, being Bi-polar and not mosfet like the E-560 it should be able to drive nastier speaker impedance loads should you ever need it. And as a big bonus, it has a ESS Sabre32 Reference DAC (ES9018K2M inside it, got a love that. http://www.parasound.com/hint6.php Cheers George |
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