Parasound JC-1 - How old is too old?


A local shop has a pair of JC-1s in on trade that I am considering. They are still checking with Parasound to determine when they were produced, but I'd like to hear from JC-1 owners (current or in the past) about their experience with these amps regarding long-term reliability. If anyone has re-capped their JC-1s, how old were they, and how much did it cost? Thanks for the help. 
jaytor
Geoffkait, they run class A to 25 watts into 8 ohms. For some reason this is a magic number for John Curl. After that they run class B. Run on full bias they still can get pretty hot. Hot enough that you would not want to keep your hand on the heat sink. At 1/2 bias they are just warm but most of us think they sound better on full bias even the bass for some reason.
Jaytor, mine are 6 years old. But as Geoffkait implies these amps are built much better than any of the older Krells. Also the circuitry and layout were done by the best in the industry. In this price range it simply does not get any better. Once these amps are proven, have run for a period of time without issue they are good to go for decades unless you throw one out the bathroom window. 
Hot enough that you would not want to keep your hand on the heat sink.

I measured them at high bias (28c ambient) at 55c, internal was the same, no problem for those excellent Japanese Nichicon Gold caps. So don’t worry OP buy them.

Cheers George
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