Parasound NewClassic 2250

Milito
Milito Posts: 1,959
edited December 2018 in Electronics
What is your opinion of this amp and what would you pay for one that is 8 years old?

It looks to be in very good condition and is located about 30 minutes from me.

I'm thinking about trying to get it to pair with my Yamaha 2070 for 2 channel listening.
Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,897
    I personally do not care for the Classic series. Much prefer the HCA series for 2 channel.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    I might agree with Motor above. Really all depends on the sound your looking for. The Classic series will have a bit more detailed sound , maybe a tad more sterile over the HCA series. HCA is more musical to my ears, a tad on the warmer side of neutral. Halo series is big on detail retrieval, but also lacks some musicality to my ears.

    With Polk speakers, the HCA series works well. It's not the cutest kid on the block, but sounds more musical with Polk speakers to these ears.
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  • Milito
    Milito Posts: 1,959
    edited December 2018
    Thanks for the feedback, it sounds like I need to continue to look for a HCA1500 or a B&K Reference 200.2.

    Halo is out of my budget at this time.
    Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    The B&k will be a touch smoother on the top end. If I had to choose between the 2, I might tip the scale to the B&k. That's not putting down the HCA either, it's a fine amp on it's own no doubt.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • sgtmick63
    sgtmick63 Posts: 166
    I had one powering my lsim 703's and I loved it.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,897
    Yep, add B&K to your list.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    Milito wrote: »
    Thanks for the feedback, it sounds like I need to continue to look for a HCA1500 or a B&K Reference 200.2.

    Halo is out of my budget at this time.

    An HCA-1200 series two would also offer plenty of power for your speakers, just to expand the possibilities a bit.
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