Parasound JC3 or Ayre P-5xE

No one has used the jc3? from the reviews it would seem like a giant killer but who really knows!

If you want please e-mail me and I can tell you my thoughts! I've been using the JC3 for several months and it's one of the most accurate phono units I've heard to date.
Steve
(Note: Dealer disclaimer)

I've been using my JC3 for a number of weeks now and can report a few things about it. First, it is by far the most quiet phono stage I've ever heard. I'm talking CD like quiet. The music emerges from a black hole. The soundstage depth and width is better than the CAT Ultimate and the Sim Audio 5.3, both of which I have owned at one time. It takes hundreds of hours to break in, mine is very slowly getting a bit more bloom with increasing musicality.

While I don't have vast experience with high dollar units, to my ears this one is special.

I found the Ayre too bright for my tastes and eventually went with an Audio Research PH5.

Unless you're opposed to tubes I'd demo the PH6, though I'd like to know how IT compares to the JC3.

Jeepers, I am a tube guy, but I owned the Ayre p5Xe for a year or two as a second phono stage, where the primary phono is a tube unit. The last thing I would ever say about the Ayre (used by me only in balanced mode) is that it is "bright". I found it to be incredibly neutral. I am kind of sorry I sold mine.