Parasound 2250v2 just got here

afterburnt

After I get it hooked up how long should I wait to run the setup, doesn't this thing need to burn in first?

vmaxer

No need to wait to use it. It will "break in" as you use it. What are you using it with?? (Being nosy here)

afterburnt

vmaxer wrote: »

No need to wait to use it. It will "break in" as you use it. What are you using it with?? (Being nosy here)

V with all of that stuff on my first list. I am just going to move the emo's back to the surround channels except the center will stay on the xpa-3

afterburnt

BTW I am just being lazy. I dont want to drag out the tripod and mic until everything is ready. I figured I would let my dog listen to Pandora while i am at work.

afterburnt

Up and running! You guys suck, it gets expensive hanging around here. Anyway it all sounds really good. Monitor 70's ain't all that bad, this amp just squeezed a bit more out of them and moving the Emo's back in the chain woke the rest of my speakers up. the 60's are good speakers too however I am not feeling the 40's when I put them into the mix. This parasound is pretty nice running two channel. I cant wait to get some better fronts to pair with it. I just have them hooked up, no set up run yet.

tonyb

Congrats man, looks like your busy raising your game. Just for the record, I had nothing to do with your wallet crying like a kid who just dropped his ice cream cone.

If you like the Parasound now, wait until you present it with a load. Amps usually shine when you make them work a bit. The M70's are an easy load, the amp is looking at those and taking a nap.....looking at you saying "WTF, that all you got ? "

When you get some speakers that are a bit harder to drive, that amp will wake up and make you pay attention....especially when the volume rises. Moving the Emo's to surround duty is also a good choice. Good power to most any speaker is going to make a difference. Keep us up to date, looks like your putting together a very nice system.

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it seems afterburnt is a step ahead of me. Congrats!

msg

afterburnt wrote: »

Up and running! You guys suck, it gets expensive hanging around here. Anyway it all sounds really good. Monitor 70's ain't all that bad, this amp just squeezed a bit more out of them and moving the Emo's back in the chain woke the rest of my speakers up. the 60's are good speakers too however I am not feeling the 40's when I put them into the mix. This parasound is pretty nice running two channel. I cant wait to get some better fronts to pair with it. I just have them hooked up, no set up run yet.

haha, hooked another one!
you just stepped on a different playing field with that amp, so, welcome! and sorry to inform you that any blissful ignorance you once enjoyed is well underway to obliteration

afterburnt

nbrowser wrote: »

Soooooo in a quick initial impressions nutshell...share the experience going from Emo to Parasound?

First imression? I don't know where to start but I think that the most striking difference is that the 70's don't even sound like they are from the same family as my other speakers. They sound like a total mismatch with the Csia6. I thought that when they were all running off of the xpa3 the difference was negligible.

Mikey081057

tonyb wrote: »

Congrats man, looks like your busy raising your game. Just for the record, I had nothing to do with your wallet crying like a kid who just dropped his ice cream cone.

If you like the Parasound now, wait until you present it with a load. Amps usually shine when you make them work a bit. The M70's are an easy load, the amp is looking at those and taking a nap.....looking at you saying "WTF, that all you got ? "

When you get some speakers that are a bit harder to drive, that amp will wake up and make you pay attention....especially when the volume rises. Moving the Emo's to surround duty is also a good choice. Good power to most any speaker is going to make a difference. Keep us up to date, looks like your putting together a very nice system.

Totally agree with Tony B... I have an A21/P5 combo driving my modded sda srs 2.3's and they sing like nothing I have ever heard before...

tonyb

Great combo you have there Mikey. IMHO....one can stop right there and be done for a very long time. To do a lot better would cost you a lot more. Parasound gear and SDA's seem to go together like PB&J.

kevhed72

My Parasound 5 channel amp died awhile back....I have been running off the amps in my Pioneer receiver.....and hate it.

afterburnt

kevhed72 wrote: »

My Parasound 5 channel amp died awhile back....I have been running off the amps in my Pioneer receiver.....and hate it.

There is no going back.

afterburnt

I am not so sure that I want to replace the 70's. They sound like ne speakers to me.

afterburnt

BTW I can hear the difference between the 70's and the 60's lol