Parasound's new Halo integrated


Hi group,
I'm seriously interested in Parasound's new integrated. Has anyone heard it? I've never heard a Parasound product and unfortunately don't have a dealer in town.

The new Halo has power and an ESS Sabre reference DAC, which I find very attractive.

My speakers are Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Baby Grand SE's; speaker cable is Kimber Monocle XL.

Any insight you have would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
arcamguy
i'm interested in this piece, too--it looks like a helluva lot of power (stable at 2ohm) and features for the price--inboard dacs, bass mgmt., etc.
I find that for some reason, the integrated amp is the runt of the audio world for some reason. Most people go the whole way for the separates, or just stick with the receiver.
Zd542,
I currently have a Rega Elicit-R integrated; what I'm hoping for is more power/current to bring the best out of those speakers.
I think the amp may be a bit outmatched by the Viennas; I have a larger space and would like an amp that would fill it with ease.

I find the Parasound attractive, but I'm also open to other suggestions.
It's good that you listed your Rega. I haven't heard the model you have, but I've only seen positive comments on it. I suspect it would be an excellent sounding amp. One of the things you may want to consider if you upgrade to the Parasound, is that you won't be just getting more power. You'll be getting a different sounding amp. For me, at least, that's extremely important. And which amp is better is just personal preference. So my advice would be to demo the Parasound before you buy it. When you are replacing an amp as nice as the Rega, its much easier to make a mistake.