JRDG Capri vs. Parasound JC-1

Not knowing anything about your system is a handicap to giving you sound advice. The quality of performance of either of these preamps will depend on proper preamp to amp matching, and amp to speaker matching.

I have the Rowland Capri now and I am using it with the Rowland 102 amplifier
so I'm assuming that matchup is appropriate. As for speakers, my horns are driven by B&C DCX 50 compression drivers with 8 ohm impedance and my woofers are driven by a Perreaux PMF 1850. They are JBL Le 15B in their native JBL cabinet, again 8 ohm.
The JC-2 is on the way and I'm trying to decide whether to open the box or just sell it sealed. I'm assuming a sealed box with a full factory warranty will fetch more money than one I claim I just opened to take pictures or whatever.

So that's the real question, Do I just sell it or try it out first and cost myself hundreds of dollars for the privilege?

Macrojack,

please open the box. I am sure you will end up liking the JC-2 better. I am quite confident ... almost confident enough to consider making you this promise...if you decide to sell the JC-2, you can send me an email and I will consider sending you a check for your loss :-)

Seems like you have the synergy thing going with JRDG. Personally, I'd open up the JC-2 and give it a listen anyway, but maybe in your case leaving well enough alone is better.

03-30-10: Macrojack
So that's the real question, Do I just sell it or try it out first and cost myself hundreds of dollars for the privilege?

I'd say bite the bullet and try the Parasound. Not knowing how it sounds will be a dissatisfying experience. There must be something about the Rowland setup that made you pay for a a new preamp.