Parasound Owners Thread - Page 6

[quote=pal1982;16882160]Yes there is a Parasound Blu-ray player in the works there is a prototype out right now and currently Paul has it.
They are focusing mainly on the AUDIO side of it to make it a great Universal player for SACD/DVD-A/CD as well as the Blu-ray audio codecs. As Paul stated you can spends thousands and thousands on video processors but in logic sense the best ones are all 99% percent perfect so why spend SO MUCH time on trying to improve the video side when the video thats available already looks great.
Sorry no price yet. So don't ask.
Paul said next year they will probably start posting in here... Cool huh?

Also he said why not put down some features that us Parasound junkies wanna see on the new BD player and he'll take a look and see if he can oblige... how's that for customer service???

He did not state if the player will be Halo/ NC or both or neither.

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balanced outs/truly-fully balanced design
a top notch video chip
top notch dacs for all channels--preferrably the akms like esoteric and denon
2k price point
digital INputs for streaming
2 hdmi outs
halo stylin'
speedy

so--yes the denon in a parasound package with digital inputs at a more affordable pricepoint

HDMI, what a joke. The only place I ever used it was for video from the DTV to a 32" LCD in this room, I used coax for the sound.

But like you, I've read many, many complaints of one piece of gear not wanting to "talk" to another piece of gear through HDMI. I read just about two weeks ago, someone mentioned he just bought the latest, greatest HDMI 1.3a capable pre/pro, I think it was, and the same day he read about HDMI had just developed 1.4
Just a continual ongoing joke.

Nor did the director (or sound engineer) intend for their carefully designed sounds to be played back in my acoustic nightmare of a living room. You may have an acoustically perfect listening room. I, sadly, do not. I need the "fancy" processing, and so digital transmission of DSD is much preferable to redundant D/A and A/D conversions.

Matty

Ehh...where are you seeing these prices?

I'm in the $400 dollar range...

Sorry, I meant the A23, not the A21.

AA= Audio Advisor. Still won't make your $400 target, but closer than the A21.

Like I said, YMMV.

I picked up a mint A23 on Audiogon for $500 6 months aog

Probably a little higher from AA, but you get the full 5 yr warranty.

I bought a B&K 4430 for $400 I had a paypal coupon so it ended up being 428 shipped.

I think it will match my 307 best (I will be using it to power the surrounds and possibly the center)

I know the 4430 is a 3 channel, but I talked to B&K and if i run only 2 channel it will give the exact performance as the 4420 (and extra 25 watts/ch and 10 extra amps)

Thanks for all your help with Parasound products.

I might still pick up a 1500A to see how it compares and keep the one I like.

Thanks again all

The Studio Tech Ultra is about 20.5" deep and the back can be extended another 2". You also do not need to put the back covers on which will allow for cables to extend out. I plan on getting this for my A51 next month.

Try also the Sanus Euro series, EFAB-II with multiple shelf extensions. Completely modular, 20.5 deep i believe, and very sturdy. Also, open back. I have an A21 in there and i'm very happy with the setup.

AvDeco may have bought the farm after their stands started exploding. I sure wouldn't want my A51 on it.

Here's the picture and story - right here on AVS!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...72#post8246172

Mike

so what's the latest news with this piece?

thanks
razor

JC3or C3?

Well, it ain't the Bluray, 'cause that's unofficially dubbed the UBlu. so I'd guess the JC3 is the JC2 with HT Bypass.

Or not.

I hope the JC3 is a high end cd/sacd-player.

JC3 i believe is a phone stage that you connect to the JC2 preamp.

It took me a while, but here's my Setup... I have the Parasound A51/A23 amps, Lexicon MC-8/Marantz AV8003 pre-amps, Toshiba HD-XA2 SD/HD DVD, Panasonic BD35 BR, Monster HTS3500 Power, SA8300HD DVR and a Sirius Stiletto 2 Radio sitting in a VTI BLG-404 rack.

I am adding an A23 to my A51, how do you find the heat having the A23 on top of the A51. I plan on putting mine in a StudioTech Ultra cabinet (air vents on the side, open back, grill type front).

Thanks

No heat issues here. In my cabinet the they get warm, but not hot.

exactly the same curiosity I have. Do you play your system for extended hours (music and movie sources)?

My A51 is positioned on the top of my rack, out in the open. It guess you can say it's on the "very warm" side after extended use. I'm gonna mount a thermometer to get some real data.

I would say I have it playing on average for 3 hours a day. I feel there's sufficient space between the A51 and A23 and the A23 never feels 'too warm'.

Someone have news about the new Processors?