Parasound Preamp

I had  Parasound P5 and found it to be very clean sounding, but it did not sound involving at all.  I sold it. Fast forward a few years and I bought a Parasound Halo Integrated amp and it was the same sound..  It sounded clean but very uninvolving.  I sold the Parasound and bought a Mac integrated. Now your talking. 

The Parasound Halo integrated uses the exact same power supply and preamp stage as the P5/P6, lol.  In fact, the P5/P6 case is 2/3 empty to make space for the "amp" part of the integrated.

I guess that is why I didn’t like either one. 

I had one in my old system. Liked it. 

I had the P6. It is a good pre to control all your gear. The sub outputs are very handy along with the tone control. The pono stage is good also. I traded and bought the P6 in black to go with my A21+ amp. It is a great pre and the dac is not bad. The balance out is what you need to build the rest of your system. But i fell for an AR Preamplifier and my Parasound is now setting on the shelf. PM me i work you a deal on mine.