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A21 a much better value...

...and possibly a better sounding amp. I had a pair of hefty Bryston 7BSST2 monoblocks that were never quite right (to my taste) with my Thiel CS2.4 speakers. Sold the Brystons after only a couple short months.

Tried various tube preamps to help mitigate the sterile and cold sounding Bryston's to no avail.

Bryston with ARC preamp

Better with Aesthetix preamp but still not right even with some tube rolling

Got tired of trying to "fix" the Bryston sound so I sold them.

P.S. I auditioned your Parasound amp, and it's smaller brother at a dealer a few years back. Nice amps. I was comparing them against some McIntosh gear and was impressed with Parasound.


Edits: 12/08/17
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