![]() I have pretty much concluded to stay with Parasound. Whether it’s a $120 Sony receiver or $24,000 PASS whatever. I bet that’s how we all feel about our goods now and then. The Parasound P5 is a good and worthy item, but sometimes I feel it needs a little more personality here and there. Then over the past few days after some discerning listening, I actually adore the hunk and incorporated it as the go-to metal for my two-channel system. For instance, a few weeks ago, I had concluded that my McIntosh integrated MA6500 was a bloated anachronistic piece of schlock. One week I’ll love something and the next week I’ll damn it unto the reserve rack. Admittedly I’m fickle when it comes to relationships with my harem of audio components. Bang & Olufsen legger ut på 2.Click to expand.Apologies if I’ve transgressed upon any Parasound aficionados here.TEST: DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2X – en liten boks som kan temme store subwoofere.TEST: Bowers & Wilkins PI5 S2 – i skyggen av kongen?.TA-AN1000 – ny mellomklasse AV-receiver fra Sony.DNP-2000NE – ny toppklassestreamer fra Denon.DNP-2000NE – new premium streamer from Denon.B&W Nautulis 30 – jubileumsmodell av et ikon.Node X – ti års jubileumsmodell fra Bluesound.Pixel 7A – ny mellomklassemodell fra Google.Beovision Harmony 97 – all time large fra B&O.Linn 360 og Klångedang hos Tonlaget i Gøteborg.R-N800A og R-N1000A – nye strømmeforsterkere fra Yamaha.Naim NAIT 50 – tilbakeblikk på begynnelsen, med ansiktet vendt forover.Halo P5 will be available in both black and silver. Especially if the sound is at least as good as in P3, which we tested for nearly 10 years. 9.990, - NOK, and this appears to be rather aggressive pricing. Ingeniously, also crossovers also be bypassed, so that subparameters for surround are chosen in receiver / processor, while if desired can set your own values for the stereo. The second factor - which we are not aware of any other manufacturers - is that they have chosen to create a bypass input also for the subwoofer. We are talking about that the bypass is automatically active when preamp is denied. One is not exlisive to Parasound, but it does not make it less valuable. There are two factors that make the Model 2100 and now also Halo P5 processor's input is in a completely separate division than the rest. This is entirely in its own division, and led to the assigned preamplifier honorary membership in our official database of amplifiers with processor input. This is a move we recognize from the preamplifier NewClassic Model 2100, which we tested a few years ago.Īnother special feature provided by NewClassic Model 2100, the processor input, as Parasound choose to name the "Home Theater Bypass Input". It has two subwoofer outputs, and switchable, variable crossover frequency for both suwoofer and stereo outputs. Parasound has chosen to emphasize that the P5 is a 2.1 preamp. If you select USB input, frequency is limited to 96kHz. To this you can choose between optical, coax or USB input. It is a Burr-Brown PCM1798, which can handle 24/196. What is quite new compared to the P3 is that P5 has a built-in DAC. P5 has five line inputs, one of which is phono input with the choice between MM and MC. Halo P5 settles price ratio in where Halo P3 has remained, making it tempting to assume that the latter is on the way out. Parasound has announced this preamp for a while, and now it's advertised at the Norwegian distributor NCMS.
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