New Parasound Halo JC1+ monoblocks just released!!!

Whatever buddy.
John Curl’s best amp to date was the original Parasound Halo JC1 monos, till these even beefier Halo JC1+ monos came along.
You say they "sound ok" and are "a lot of bang for buck" quite a massive understated that I and the others believe that were there.
The JC1’s were the only thing to to drive and make the Wilson Alexia’s sing beside the Gryphon Antillion, without hearing them I'd dare say the new JC1+'s could equal or maybe better the Gryphon Antillion

A great design does not guarantee a great implementation.

The JC1’s were the only thing to to drive and make the Wilson Alexia’s sing beside the Gryphon Antillion

Without sharing the other amplifiers included in this evaluation to the resultant gold-star awarded JC1’s, the comment above is of little value.

Without sharing the other amplifiers included in this evaluation

I’ve given one of the other amps, as the Gryphon.

No need to belittle the ones that were easily beaten by giving their names just because they couldn’t match it against the JC1’s into the Wilson Alexia’s one of the hardest speakers to drive, which demand large amounts of current without an amp becoming stressed.

These amps that were beaten, in their own right, and kept within their driving ability limits are all good amps, (as many members here own them) just not as good as the JC1’s into the Alexia’s

Cheers George

Very happy to see an updated JC1, however I am in no rush to replace my originals.

Actually the Curl Thompson Crump CTC amp the Bar-B-Q was for sure the best Curl amp - the heroic monster amp that just preceded the JC-1, which were “bang for the buck” amps as opposed to an all out attempt. I suspect the same can be said for the CTC Blowtorch preamp. I was a participant in the exhibits at CES with Curl and Crump for the Bar-B-Q, Blowtorch and the debut of the JC-1s the following year. I isolated the Blowtorch and JC-1s as well as the number cruncher DAC.