Older Hca series against the Halo or other

[frasse74]

Hi all

long time since my last visit ops:
I have been thinking to upgrade my 2 channel
and use a seperate amp for music.
So now i´m looking for a new amp and i have been looking at
the old Hca series 2200mk2 and the Hca 3500 and the new halo series
A21 and Jc 1 .
I have aslo open some doors to a tube amp or a hybrid amp..
But my question is how is the old Hca series compare to the Halo series,
i dosent want to lose/same any sound on the 2 channel front i want to win some more
Any ideas from you all here ?

I will not replace my hca-2205, i will use it in a 7 channel sound later when
time will come


frasse74

[Peter Nielsen]

Hi,

I would not consider any of the old amps since they stopped production more than 5 years ago. As amps age, the capacitors dry out...

The A21 and JC1s are of course excellent choices. They both improve upon the HCA amps. What speakers are you going to use with the amp?


Peter

[frasse74]

I have my Jamo D870 they are not the newest but they are good :T

Jamo D870


frasse74

[Peter Nielsen]

Those Jamos are fairly efficient. I would say that the A21 is more than enough for them. Going with the JC1s is probably overkill...

Peter

[frasse74]

i didint know that the capacitors dry out
and how long time take it?
Ok a Jc1 is maybe to much to those speakers but its
more easy to get new electronics who last long time
then to get new speakers, my room is the limit