Parasound AVC-2500

jjwm27
jjwm27 Posts: 123
edited January 2011 in Electronics
i just bought a Parasound AVC-2500 and i dont know anything about parasound gear. i wanted to know if its any good. the price seemed good but i am not sure. any opinions and advice would be very helpfull. it will most likely be used as a secondary setup and how would it compare to my sunfire tg2? like i said i know nothing about parasound.
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  • dekuda
    dekuda Posts: 756
    edited January 2011
    I have no experience with Parasound processors such as yours but I think very highly of their amps and recent preamps. Well made,well designed equipment. Looking at this I would love to hear what you think of it. about 11 years old with a tuner but they kept it upgradeable for expansion with the 5.1 analog outputs. Uses only 24 bit Moto dacs but they were good dacs in their time. Depending what you paid I would say you have a nice find.Pair it with a good amp it should sound nice.:tongue: Maybe somone hear has owned this and can give their two cents.
    Here is the OEM page on it:
    http://www.parasound.com/vintage/avc2500u.php
    Good Luck!
    HT System
    Parasound Halo A51 Amp, Marantz AV 8003 Pre, Arcam FMJ CD36 cd player, Marantz 7007 BD/SACD player,Acoustic Zen Matrix IC's, Analysis Plus Crystal Copper Oval IC's, Acoustic Zen Satori speaker cables, B&W 703's Fronts, Center Martin Logan Motif hybrid, Surrounds DefTech BPX, 2 X DefTech Supercube Reference Subs, DSpeaker Antimode 8033 EQ.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited January 2011
    troytyler wrote: »
    Whatever you choose, make sure you don't go higher than the "802s" (801s have too much bass) and get a mono-block amp for each Bowers and Wilkins you decide to go with.

    What are you talking about? seems off topic.
    Main Surround -
    Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub

    Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250

    Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited January 2011
    I ran one of these units for several months early last year. It was a great unit and had superb sound quality. I liked it very much, downside may have been the lack of bass management. Mine blew a power supply and now sits in a box..sad.
    Parasound C1, T3, HCA-3500, HCA-2205A, P/DD1550, Pioneer DV-79avi, Oppo BDP-83, WD Media Server W/HDD,
    Dynaudio Contour 3.3, Dynaudio Contour T2.1, Polk OWM3, Polk DSW micropro 1000 (x2),
    Pioneer Kuro 50" Plasma, Phillips Pronto Control w/Niles HT-MSU.
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  • jjwm27
    jjwm27 Posts: 123
    edited January 2011
    sounds like i made a good choice, the price was $270 with The original box, owners manual, remote, and calibration microphone. i will be using it with a carver av806x amp and monitor 12s. i may swap it with my sunfire tg2 to see what it sounds like with my LSi setup first. sorry to hear about your power supply.
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited January 2011
    It's a great unit, superb sound and would put it in the same class as the C2 that replaced it. $200 to replace the power supply, I moved on instead. You got a good deal for sure. Enjoy!
    Parasound C1, T3, HCA-3500, HCA-2205A, P/DD1550, Pioneer DV-79avi, Oppo BDP-83, WD Media Server W/HDD,
    Dynaudio Contour 3.3, Dynaudio Contour T2.1, Polk OWM3, Polk DSW micropro 1000 (x2),
    Pioneer Kuro 50" Plasma, Phillips Pronto Control w/Niles HT-MSU.
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  • jjwm27
    jjwm27 Posts: 123
    edited January 2011
    Amherst wrote: »
    It's a great unit, superb sound and would put it in the same class as the C2 that replaced it. $200 to replace the power supply, I moved on instead. You got a good deal for sure. Enjoy!

    thanks, i feel MUCH better now.
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