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Accuphase Vs Parasound

Hi guys! I’m considering purchasing a used E-560 for USD 4000 to drive my Elac Adante AS-61 (85dB) . Im quite new to this hobby, so I’m hoping to be able to get some advice from more experienced listeners here on this. Do share your thoughts. Thank you 🙏

Just some background, before I saw the E-560 on the used market, I was planning to go for Parasound Hint 6 or Parasound P6 pre and perhaps A21 / A21+ (that’s apparently coming out in a couple of months). Right now I’m just using a Yamaha Aventage rx-a1060 AVR so it’s not ideal for music listening.

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shkong78
515 posts
 
I had been using Accuphase DG28 digital equalizer for room correction for 18 years with no problem at all.

Thus I agree with other people that Accuphase makes excellent product.



But tube amplifier makes speaker sound alive.

I had been happily using Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum 2 for 5 years.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis96cjc-rogue-audio-cronus-magnum-2-tube

I have nothing to do with above listing.

But that appears to be almost new and good value to me with additional tube valued 100$ at least

100W tube power will be enough to drive your speaker.



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georgehifi
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adn_abdat
Also have a look at the new John Curl designed Parasound Hint 6 Halo Integrated, being Bi-polar and not mosfet like the E-560 it should be able to drive nastier speaker impedance loads should you ever need it.
And as a big bonus, it has a ESS Sabre32 Reference DAC (ES9018K2M inside it, got  a love that.
http://www.parasound.com/hint6.php

Cheers George
auxinput
1,538 posts
 
Oh shoot, I did not catch that.  If you are using ELAC speakers (which sound excellent, but are very inefficient), you need serious amounts of power.  Yeah, go with the Parasound Integrated.
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alucard19
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Just get the Parasound JC5 and get a separate preamp
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