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Why all these JC-1's for sale?

I don't doubt that this is a very good product and an extraordinary value, but i'm curious to understand why in the space of 1 month or so i have seen seven pairs of these jc-1's for sale here at audiogon. Could it be that these people purchased them at a discount and are selling now for a profit or is there something regarding their performance that is amiss? Could it be a coincidence? I am not familiar with these amps but have read about them. As always this forum is an opportunity for all to better understand important products that come into our passionate hobbie. Please, fire away!
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clbeanz
192 posts
 
Probably the rave reviews caused sales and
demo unit "bubble".
summer is coming soon these heat up the house
some people buy to be 1st on the block.
khaki8
206 posts
 
Anyone ever think that alot of these were sold and this is just a normal amount of resales. No one asks the question about Krell. Look at their listings. Everybody thinks there is a conspiracy and the worls is ending.
chams_uk
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Check out Bound For Sound, forgot what issue. It documented a review of the JC-1's, and was perhaps the ONLY mag to find them inconsistent, due to a design flaw I believe. On some days, they were amongst the best available, yet on other days, nearly unlistenable.

Could this be the effecs of that ? Random satisfaction or dissatisfaction ? :-)
sean
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Chams: The review samples that BFS used were defective units i.e. had incorrect part values used in a section of the circuitry. Marty continues to refer to his experiences with the JC-1's even though he knows that the units were defective and not representative of current production standards. Given that Parasound admits that they had production problems with the earliest units and corrected this flaw, this is neither fare to the JC-1's or "ethical" for Marty to do so in my opinion. Kind of like saying that a turtle is faster than a rabbit even though you know that the rabbit that you're basing your comments on is wounded. Sean
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PS... I have never heard these amps but have a great amount of respect for the people that were involved in making them happen. There are a few design revisions that i'd like to see made to them, but who am i to suggest such things??? : )
essentialaudio
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Check out Bound For Sound, forgot what issue. It documented a review of the JC-1's, and was perhaps the ONLY mag to find them inconsistent, due to a design flaw I believe. On some days, they were amongst the best available, yet on other days, nearly unlistenable.

Could this be the effecs of that ? Random satisfaction or dissatisfaction ? :-)
There was no design flaw mentioned, nor have I heard of such a thing, either from anyone associated with the product nor from any reviews.

The answer to your question is in my earlier post.

Brian Walsh
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