Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1


I’m using an Ayre KV-5 Twenty amp with a KX-5 Twenty preamp to drive KEF Reference 1s, but I have three JC-1s in cartons with the plan to sell them. I also have a JC-2 preamp. I’m loath to unbox the JC-1s just to try them with the Reference 1s, so I wonder if anyone has compared the two amps and can give advice. I use a QX-5 Twenty for Roon, so like the idea of an all Ayre setup, balanced of course, but it also would be balanced with the Parasound JC-2 and JC-1s. Any thoughts/advice?

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Yes, I think I do.  I'll try to sell the three JC-1s, the JC-2, and the two JC-3s I have boxed up and ready to go.  Thanks to all who have given advice.
At 84 the prospect of unpacking a pair of JC-1s and hauling them upstairs for comparison with the VX-5 Twenty is daunting.  Not sure how entitlement applies but I suppose laziness does. In that sense, the easiest path is to do nothing, and that's the path I plan to follow.

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