Is the Hegel H-20 better than the Parasound A-21?

So anybody still looking at saving money between the hegel brand and parasound really needs to listen to both in their system as my previous post stated I demoed a hegel last week and there were many variables since i also used the dac, but demoing an A21 this weekend with an old kav 300 il as a preamp I decided that for a $3000.00 saving the a21 comes very close and parasound holds value pretty good compared to many. Listening to the parasound I never thought I was using a budget product, which at $2500 it isn.t.

My 2 cents: I compared my Parasound A21 with the Hegel H190 today.

Both fed by the RME ADI-2 DAC FS (used as a preamp for A21 and tried using it both as a DAC only and also as a preamp for Hegel)
Speakers: Focal 1038Be with twin REL S510 subs
Listening level: 70 dB SPL
Source material: Qobuz / Tidal (via Roon) upsampled to (1) 768 KHz, and also (2) DSD256 using HQ Player

No doubt, I preferred the A21. The A21 Class A sweetness (at <10W) is something else. Also, the Hegel sounds quite flat at lower listening levels. At high levels (>80dB SPL), the clarity is a bit better in Hegel. Though, I must say that the differences between the two is not night and day.

This puts a damper on my trying to acquire a H390.

hegel h20 > parasound a21 ... the better your system the more you will hear the difference

h20 more on par (actually superior still imo) w the jc5 in terms of sq