Hi all,
I'm a frequent poster on the B&W speakers forum, but a first-time poster here on the Parasound board.
Tonite I'm going to pick up a Parasound Halo A51 amp that I picked up on Audiogon. It will be running my set of B&W 805 Signatures. My pre-pro is currently going to be my Onkyo 701 receiver.
Nobody has had to sell me on the benefits of giving those 805 Sigs proper amplification...I'm looking forward to a nice improvement in sound quality over the Rotel RMB-1075 I have been running (which was just sold). But what I'm not well-schooled on are the benefits of high-end pre-pros, like the Parasound C2.
Not that my Onkyo 701 is audiophile quality, but it's not a junker either. Would I actually be able to hear the difference in sound quality using a C2 vs. the Onkyo, when paired with the Halo A51 + 805 Sigs? I know that's a question asked far too often, about too many pieces of equipment, but I can't get my brain around spending $2500-4000 on a pre-pro when my Onkyo seems to pull off home theater duties pretty well. Maybe the difference in sound quality would be more obvious with 2-channel audio?
Any and all feedback would be appreciated, even if it's just to heckle me for asking the question in the first place!
Thanks,
BCGator
I'm a frequent poster on the B&W speakers forum, but a first-time poster here on the Parasound board.
Tonite I'm going to pick up a Parasound Halo A51 amp that I picked up on Audiogon. It will be running my set of B&W 805 Signatures. My pre-pro is currently going to be my Onkyo 701 receiver.
Nobody has had to sell me on the benefits of giving those 805 Sigs proper amplification...I'm looking forward to a nice improvement in sound quality over the Rotel RMB-1075 I have been running (which was just sold). But what I'm not well-schooled on are the benefits of high-end pre-pros, like the Parasound C2.
Not that my Onkyo 701 is audiophile quality, but it's not a junker either. Would I actually be able to hear the difference in sound quality using a C2 vs. the Onkyo, when paired with the Halo A51 + 805 Sigs? I know that's a question asked far too often, about too many pieces of equipment, but I can't get my brain around spending $2500-4000 on a pre-pro when my Onkyo seems to pull off home theater duties pretty well. Maybe the difference in sound quality would be more obvious with 2-channel audio?
Any and all feedback would be appreciated, even if it's just to heckle me for asking the question in the first place!
Thanks,
BCGator
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