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In Reply to: RE: John Curl posted by Disbeliever on July 18, 2014 at 00:00:21
The early JC Parasound amp was dreadful
The? There were about a dozen different models of the older HCA series dating back nearly twenty years ago. Remember that Curl's involvement is that of providing the schematic. For the most part, execution and parts selection is up to Parasound. Much like the designs Nelson Pass provided for Adcom and Nakamichi.
The only one I'm familiar with is the JC-1 amplifier which is superb. His original JC-2 preamplifier manufactured by Mark Levinson in the 70s was the first solid state preamp I heard that bettered the Audio Research SP-3a in some respects.
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Yes, the first HCA-2200, which had an IC in front, failed to sound as good as it measured. I still don't know completely why, but the MK2 HCA-2200 was very successful, and the changes were minor. It really ticked off the IC designer, however.
It was also extremely badly made, the two reasons why I returned it. I have yet to hear an amplifier with a J-Fet input that sounds natural, they sound artificial like the latest Sony TA-1AES
Edits: 07/19/14
Thank you kindly for placing Disbeliever's comment into perspective.
It really ticked off the IC designer, however.
He likely wasn't one who verifies theory with practice. :)
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