Rauligues, we are a Parasound dealer and we had the JC 1 on display, in the same rack was a pair of Electrcompaniet AW 400, a pair of Chord SPMP 650 monoblocks and the Reference Chord SPM 1400.
The reality is the Parasound was the cheapiest and least good souding amplifier in that stack.
It wasn’t that the JC 1 were bad, no they were decent, except that the Electrocompaniet was far better, the EC amps were about $2k more expensive, and the Chord monoblocks were a bit better than the Electrcompaniet.
Parasound builds great for the money gear, there is no way that any of their products compete with things that are five times the cost, we know we sell those items.
We sell Parasound because they produce excellent value for the dollar equipment, their products sound great for the price, are very well made and reliable.
In the case of the JC 1 they were nice not exceptional amplifers that got bettered by amplifiers that were not that much more expensive.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/audio-doctor-searching-best-everything
(this was before the Kef Blades and Chord Reference amplfiers, you can cleary see the JC 1 at the bottom of the rack)
Our test system at the time was a pair of Kef Blades, with the EMM Labs Dac 2X Se, Esoeric D03X reference dacs and a high end server, cabling and power conditioning.
Your love of the brand is noble but misguided, you really do get what you pay for.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor
The reality is the Parasound was the cheapiest and least good souding amplifier in that stack.
It wasn’t that the JC 1 were bad, no they were decent, except that the Electrocompaniet was far better, the EC amps were about $2k more expensive, and the Chord monoblocks were a bit better than the Electrcompaniet.
Parasound builds great for the money gear, there is no way that any of their products compete with things that are five times the cost, we know we sell those items.
We sell Parasound because they produce excellent value for the dollar equipment, their products sound great for the price, are very well made and reliable.
In the case of the JC 1 they were nice not exceptional amplifers that got bettered by amplifiers that were not that much more expensive.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/audio-doctor-searching-best-everything
(this was before the Kef Blades and Chord Reference amplfiers, you can cleary see the JC 1 at the bottom of the rack)
Our test system at the time was a pair of Kef Blades, with the EMM Labs Dac 2X Se, Esoeric D03X reference dacs and a high end server, cabling and power conditioning.
Your love of the brand is noble but misguided, you really do get what you pay for.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor