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Still looking for a new preamp!| tony3d |
Posted: February 02, 2009 06:13 am
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Sound Thinking Member  Group: Members Posts: 44 Member No.: 182 Joined: March 11, 2007  |
HI, I m still looking at preamps, and I'm interested in the Parasound Halo P3. One of the main problem's I have heard about is that it has a noise floor issue. Some people claim to be able to here hiss no matter where the volume is set, or which input is used. My Crown ic-150 is 38 years, and is dead quite on all line level inputs. Does anyone have anything to add to the performance of the P3?
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| clint e. |
Posted: February 02, 2009 01:29 pm
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 D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart  Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006 |
On Parasound gear there is minimal wiring and the signal path is carried on a separate board for each channel, and is based on hand-matched complementary FETs, an electronic design of John Curl for a quarter-century now.
Sorry, but it's hard to believe in such noises coming from Parasound Halo series. --------------------   " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
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| tony3d |
Posted: February 02, 2009 01:42 pm
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Sound Thinking Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Member No.: 182 Joined: March 11, 2007 |
That's what I wanted to know. What do you think of the p3? |
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| clint e. |
Posted: February 02, 2009 02:31 pm
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D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006 |
As you may remember John Curl became famous around the world as the designer of the original Mark Levinson JC-2 preamplifier, which at the time—and for a good number of years afterwards—was widely acclaimed for many hi-fi critics as being the best pre-amplifier in the world. What can i say more......................
-------------------- " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
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| thedelihaus |
Posted: February 03, 2009 12:33 pm
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 The Black Dahlquist Group: Moderator Posts: 2478 Member No.: 9 Joined: June 30, 2006 |
i own a Parasound DAC and a friend owns a Parasound amp and pre, and we are in agreement Parasound makes quality gear.
I'm not familiar with the Halo you speak of, is there a local dealer you can test it out? -------------------- What you got back home, lil' sister, to play yer fuzzy warbles on? Pitiful, portable picnic players? Come with uncle & hear all proper! Hear angels trumpets & devils trombones. You are invited!
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| tony3d |
Posted: February 03, 2009 04:55 pm
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Sound Thinking Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Member No.: 182 Joined: March 11, 2007 |
I live in Orlando florida. There are absolutely no audio stores period. |
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| clint e. |
Posted: February 03, 2009 05:37 pm
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D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006 |
Why is that Tony? Those guys don't like music down there?  -------------------- " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
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| tony3d |
Posted: February 04, 2009 03:23 pm
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Sound Thinking Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Member No.: 182 Joined: March 11, 2007 |
I have no idea. When I lived in Chicago we had many great hi-fi stores. That's a really big problem for me, especially at this price point! |
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| xxxrv |
Posted: February 04, 2009 03:30 pm
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 Valued Member Group: Members Posts: 196 Member No.: 175 Joined: March 02, 2007 |
Audio advisor stocks this gear. I think they have a generous returns policy.
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| clint e. |
Posted: February 04, 2009 03:52 pm
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D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006 |
-------------------- " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
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