Unul dintre cele mai asteptate brand-uri, PARASOUND, a sosit in sfarsit in Romania incepand din
1 Ianuarie 2011, in parteneriat EXCLUSIV cu STEREO PLANET.
Renumiti pentru raportul fabulos pret - calitate pe care-l au produsele lor, americanii de la PARASOUND
ofera nu numai o gama inedita de produse ci si semnatura unuia dintre cei mai celebri designeri de
amplificatoare din lume, John Curl.
Devenit faimos dupa colaborarea cu branduri precum Mark Levinson, John Curl este cel ce a
"inventat" seria Halo de la PARASOUND, care a uimit lumea intreaga a audiophililor cu excelentul
triunghi castigator: sunet - constructie - pret.
Fabulosul sunet al produselor PARASOUND este certificat si de prezenta lor in studiourile de inregistrari
ale gigantilor Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, Pixar, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures
sau in posesia unor nume celebre precum Kanye West sau Oliver Stone.
Deloc mai putin important, produsele PARASOUND sunt mentionate si in / la realizarea seriei de
senzatie Star Wars.
General
Circuitry designed by legendary John Curl
Ultra-high bias Class A/AB operation
25 watts of pure Class A power
Stable with speaker impedance dips below 1Ω
Bybee Music Rails™ - active high frequency filters for input stage
New John Curl driver stage employs a cascode circuit for greater open loop bandwidth & superior linearity
Gain switch to select 29 dB or 23 dB gain for optimum compatibility with high gain preamps or extremely efficient speakers
R-core transformer for input stage suppresses noise on power line
6 massive 33,000 uF Nichicon Gold Tune filter capacitors for output stage
22,400 uF input stage power supply filter capacitors, independent of the main power supply
Dual CHK Infinium, custom 5-way speaker binding posts for easy bi-wiring
Neutrik locking XLR balanced input & loop output jacks
Vampire 24k gold-plated RCA input & loop output jacks
Direct-coupled signal path, no capacitors or inductors in the audio path
JFET input stage, MOSFET driver stage
24 beta-matched 15 ampere, 230V, 60 MHz bipolar output transistors
2.1 kVA shielded toroid power transformer with premium H18 grade core
Independent power supplies for input stage, driver stage & output stage
Full power is rated all the way down to 2Hz for unrestricted low-end bass
Harris hyper-fast soft-recovery bridge diode rectifiers
REL & Nichicon Muse capacitors
DC servo & relay protection circuits
AC turn-on inrush surge protection with relay bypass
Automatic turn-on by 12 V trigger or audio sensing
4 rack space chassis with rear carry handles
Rack mount hardware is included
NOTA: Pretul este per pereche.
REVIEWS
"A bargain, and highly recommended."
Michael Fremer / Stereophile
"...incredibly effortless and natural.
This amplifier certainly held me captivated and entertained, drawing me into the music.
If you want to lose yourself in the music, there are precious few components as good as the JC 1."
David Allcock / Hi-Fi News
"Before you blow $10k-$20k or more on some amps that were recommended by a reviewer who
didn't buy them, give a listen to the Parasounds, which this reviewer did purchase.
Don't buy an amp without hearing these, even if you can't afford them."
Sam Tellig - Product Of The Year / Stereophile
"Beautiful Brutes.
The JC 1s rank with the best amplifiers I have heard in recreating a multideminsional sound field.
They pump out seemingly effortless power no matter how insanely loud I push them, with never
any sense of strain such as you hear when an amplifier is running out of gas.
The JC 1s are also capable of wondrous delicacy, and the kind of transparency that makes you feel
that you're hearing every instrument, every voice, but never at the expense of the musical whole.
To be able to buy these robust, delicate, emotionally involving, brilliantly conceived and executed
music recreators for $6,000 each piece seems to me little short of a miracle."
Wayne Donnelly / EnjoytheMusic.com
"Parasound's Halo JC 1 amplifier, is among the most precisely nuanced amplifiers I know,
able to draw the slightest and most delicate of musical expressions, to make the subtlest distinctions.
It can also rock you, like your back ain't got no bone, 'cuz it's a brute.
It is the amp for all seasons.
It has the ability to produce a believable facsimile of spaciousness, that 3-D sound-staging that
makes the illusion of space between the instruments nearly tangible; the ability to produce
timbral, harmonic, and dynamic accuracy that results in what we call 'inner detail';
the ability to produce delicate refined purity of tone one moment, and then bowl you over with
A BIG WALL OF SOUND the next.
...these amps are truly outstanding, among the best I've ever heard, and the best I've had in my system."
Max Dudious / Positive Feedback
"I was impressed with the remarkable speed, clarity, transparency, and focus of these amps straight out of the box.
The high frequencies were to-die-for silky smooth, crystal clear, and abundantly detailed.
The kind you could listen to all day long without fatigue.
There wasn't anything that didn't sound great on the JC 1.
I was left with an ear-to-ear grin on my face that lasted the rest of the week.
Sue Kraft / The Absolute Sound
"...ultra-wide bandwidth, high-current capability, low, low noise, a high S/N ratio, and a fast slew rate,
among many other indicators of outstanding amplifier performance.
There was an honesty to the overall tonal and harmonic presentation that transcended
technological stereotypes.
The Halo JC 1 is not only the best amplifier to come from Parasound, it ranks up there with the
best high-end heavyweights.
Rocks for sure."
Class A Recommended Component / Stereophile
"It took but a few seconds for me to absolutely fall in love with the Halo JC 1.
Powerful, refined, smooth, organized, dynamic, transparent, and rhythmically supple, the JC 1
offered a combination of attributes that added up to many weeks of listening pleasure.
I'd be happy to have it go on indefinitely - as, no doubt, will many of you."
Michael Fremer / Stereophile