!!Parasound HCA1500A!!

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited July 2004
    Brian - Nice choice, it's a solid amplifier.

    Scornful - Acurus is another nice choice, pick it up.

    Mark
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • bmsavoie
    bmsavoie Posts: 32
    edited July 2004
    thank everyone and thanks to terrax, can't wait to get the amp. looking forward to adding some quality to my 2 channel. Brian
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  • scornful
    scornful Posts: 272
    edited July 2004
    need we forget Terrax also has a HCA-1000A up for sale for a paltry $250.... not bad if you are drivin a pair of bookshelf speakers!
    Denon 3802
    B&K 7270
    Outlaw ICBM
    Behringer DSP1124P
    Samson S1000
    SVS 20-39CS+ (x2)
    RTi150's
    CSi40
    FXi30's
    RTi38's
    Win Vista HTPC
    InFocus 4805 ~100" Screen
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  • bmsavoie
    bmsavoie Posts: 32
    edited July 2004
    got the amp today, packed real well, perfect condition. I didn't realize the amp was so heavy can't wait to hook it up, thanks again to terrax a pleasure to do business with.
    Brian
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited July 2004
    Brian,

    I just found the original manual for the amplifier, that I kept on forgetting to mail to Terry....would you like it? Drop me a line dorokusai@comcast.net

    Mark
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Terrax
    Terrax Posts: 483
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    Brian,

    I just found the original manual for the amplifier, that I kept on forgetting to mail to Terry....would you like it? Drop me a line dorokusai@comcast.net

    Mark


    hehe, and here I was thinking I just couldn't find it. :D Thanks Mark.

    Terry
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  • Terrax
    Terrax Posts: 483
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by bmsavoie
    got the amp today, packed real well, perfect condition. I didn't realize the amp was so heavy can't wait to hook it up, thanks again to terrax a pleasure to do business with.
    Brian


    Excellent, I'm glad you received it ok. That was best packing job I've done yet. Just hope UPS was gentle on it.

    Was truely a pleasure doing business with you as well, Brian. :)

    Terry
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2004
    Do you like it? Do you now have enough power? We want a report Brian!!!
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited July 2004
    Terry - Yaman, sorry :) I emailed you some time ago about finding it...then I lost it again...and I found it again, actually where it should have been all along....UGH!
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Terrax
    Terrax Posts: 483
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by dorokusai
    Terry - Yaman, sorry :) I emailed you some time ago about finding it...then I lost it again...and I found it again, actually where it should have been all along....UGH!

    Yeah, I didn't even think another thing about it. :D
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  • bmsavoie
    bmsavoie Posts: 32
    edited July 2004
    terrax, it arrived in perfect shape, even the outside box wasn't
    banged up good job on packing it, throw rug and all.

    dorokusai, thanks for the offer, I will e-mail you my adress


    just got it wired up but I can't really play it much because it is late and the little ones are asleep, will be playing some tunes this weekend, can't wait

    Brian
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited July 2004
    Brian - If you do not like that amp, you are insane. ;)

    I have read John Curl and Bob Crump remark at how novice audiophiles always comment on how much bass and strength they(Parasound) have in the low end....when it's simply a matter of design. I think they are actually poking fun of the common guy in a way, since the gear, and music is so much more than just bass. It is almost a trademark that 1995+ Parasound amps are "dark" or heavy in the low end, and that amp is no exception.

    At that level, it's more an analytical ear and not so much a cool factor in design and "voicing" of gear. All the better for us, as we are simply the cattle in a way. It took me many years to find high fidelity, in every sense of the word....and it all began with Polk Audio SDA's....Sony ES....and F1Nut.

    Rock on, screw the children, school them NOW! ;)
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • bmsavoie
    bmsavoie Posts: 32
    edited July 2004
    After listening to the parasound for a few days now, it is really a powerful sounding amp, not because it can play loud because it can but it makes the music sound full and powerful even at moderate levels. Wow!!! was missing so much before well back to the tunes, no regrets here at all.
    Brian


    Doro, almost forgot about your offer of the manual, sorry about that, will send you an e-mail with mailing adress. Thanks again
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2004
    Welcome to the HCA 1500A club. I had the same epiphany when I hooked mine up. Enjoy!
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited July 2004
    Just imagine a HCA-2200! BWA-HA-HAHA! :D

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • bmsavoie
    bmsavoie Posts: 32
    edited July 2004
    doro,
    got the manual today, thanks again. More impressed with the amp the longer I listen to it.
    Brian
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,545
    edited July 2004
    I love mine too! :cool:
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Source: Rotel CD14MkII CD Player - Speakers: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited July 2004
    Brian - No problem, have fun!

    Mark
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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