Hello,
I have not demoed this P6 preamp. But I have demoed the integrated Hint 6. It is loaded with features but just OK in its sound. I am not a big fan of Emotiva amps. But their full linear discrete preamp is really nice for less money than the Parasound. It has everything but the DAC. I have their older DAC. The XDA-2 gen 2 which you can find on the used market for less than $400. I believe this is what it sold for new. Theses two pieces the XDA-1 or XDA-2 DAC and the XSP-1 preamp are awesome and the two together are loaded with features and fully balanced. I don’t like a DAC built into in a preamp because it gets upgraded all the time unless it can be upgraded later like NAD, Mac’s and Ayre. This DAC does not do MQA or above 24/192. I don’t care because most music content is under that. I use a BlueSound Node 2i as the streamer. If I want MQA I switch the preamp to the RCA connection. 99% of the time I am using the Emotiva DAC with a Nordost Silver Shadow digital RCA/BNC cable. I am upgrading my system to Ayre 5 series pre, amp. and DAC later on. Regardless of doing this I am keeping the Emotiva preamp and DAC as my secondary system. They both have good headphone amps. To me they are that good and worth way more than $1500. You can shave $400 off the preamp if you buy it used. Then take the money and buy the DAC you like with the features you like. Or maybe upgrade to a RME, Denifrips, or Topping for a few hundred more if you buy new. Unless you want to go high end on Parasound I would pass on them. Another option is the NAD 658. I am not a fan of integrated with the built in DAC but NAD has upgradable cards. So you can get a better USB or add BlueSound. I think this is $1699. Another really cool thing is it has Dirac room correction. It is way better than the Parasound P6 in my opinion along with a lot of reviewers. If you are in the Chicagoland area you can demo the NAD or Parasound so you can hear it in your home from this store. https://holmaudio.com/
I hope this helps.
I have not demoed this P6 preamp. But I have demoed the integrated Hint 6. It is loaded with features but just OK in its sound. I am not a big fan of Emotiva amps. But their full linear discrete preamp is really nice for less money than the Parasound. It has everything but the DAC. I have their older DAC. The XDA-2 gen 2 which you can find on the used market for less than $400. I believe this is what it sold for new. Theses two pieces the XDA-1 or XDA-2 DAC and the XSP-1 preamp are awesome and the two together are loaded with features and fully balanced. I don’t like a DAC built into in a preamp because it gets upgraded all the time unless it can be upgraded later like NAD, Mac’s and Ayre. This DAC does not do MQA or above 24/192. I don’t care because most music content is under that. I use a BlueSound Node 2i as the streamer. If I want MQA I switch the preamp to the RCA connection. 99% of the time I am using the Emotiva DAC with a Nordost Silver Shadow digital RCA/BNC cable. I am upgrading my system to Ayre 5 series pre, amp. and DAC later on. Regardless of doing this I am keeping the Emotiva preamp and DAC as my secondary system. They both have good headphone amps. To me they are that good and worth way more than $1500. You can shave $400 off the preamp if you buy it used. Then take the money and buy the DAC you like with the features you like. Or maybe upgrade to a RME, Denifrips, or Topping for a few hundred more if you buy new. Unless you want to go high end on Parasound I would pass on them. Another option is the NAD 658. I am not a fan of integrated with the built in DAC but NAD has upgradable cards. So you can get a better USB or add BlueSound. I think this is $1699. Another really cool thing is it has Dirac room correction. It is way better than the Parasound P6 in my opinion along with a lot of reviewers. If you are in the Chicagoland area you can demo the NAD or Parasound so you can hear it in your home from this store. https://holmaudio.com/
I hope this helps.