Link to visit the official website of Niles. McIntosh is one of, if not the top manufacturer of tube amplifiers and is certainly deserving of a spot on this list.
The company also designs excellent solid-state models that maintain the high level of quality expected from McIntosh products. With well over half a century of experience, McIntosh has made a name for itself as a manufacturer of some of the finest quality home audio products in the world.
The company has set the standard very high for performance, reliability and service. McIntosh spends extensive time conceptualizing and designing their power amplifiers to be the best they can be for the customer in mind. They constantly push the envelope to exceed their own standards, and this dedication can be heard for itself by simply listening to one of their many power amplifiers.
The company is still headquartered in Binghampton today. Link to visit the official website of McIntosh. In fact, the NAD , produced in the s, is one of the best-selling hi-fi amplifiers ever to hit the shelves. This blockbuster of a power amplifier gave NAD its name as a high-end manufacturer with affordably priced products.
New Acoustic Dimension was founded in by Dr. Martin L. Borish in London, England. Today the company is headquartered in Pickering. Link to visit the official website of NAD Electronics. Anthem designs its products to give users the most advanced tools available to easily connect, control, optimize and power all of their entertainment systems.
The power amplifier is at the heart of many systems, and Anthem has a fantastic selection of high-quality amps to choose from. Their power amplifiers are top-level in terms of reliability, functionality and performance-to-price. All Anthem amplifiers are engineered and built in-house with hand-selected components and incredible attention to detail. Sonic Frontiers Inc. The company is now headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Link to visit the official website of Anthem. Cambridge Audio is another excellent power amp manufacturer that prides itself on giving listeners the best possible sound at the fairest possible price.
This award-winning company is dedicated to providing powerful amplifiers with incredible detail. Amps that can be turned way up without losing any balance in the sound. You can be sure that a Cambridge Audio power amplifier will provide an unadulterated and true representation of what the artists intended, only louder!
This puts them in the top 11 best power amplifier brands on the market. Cambridge Audio began life as a division of Cambridge Consultants in As the name suggests, it was founded in Cambridge, England. Today the company is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. Link to visit the official website of Cambridge Audio. The HINT 6's 3. That said, the HINT 6's sound quality with headphones was very decent. The HINT 6 is available in black or silver finishes, and before I forget to mention it, a backlit all-plastic remote control is included.
There's also a feature rarely seen on integrated amplifiers: bass management. Sure, most AV receivers have it, but the HINT 6 has separate adjustable filter controls from 20 to Hz for the sub and also for the speakers. That flexibility provides fine tuning opportunities to match where the sub's upper bass rolls off, and the speakers bass comes on.
That way you can achieve the smoothest possible blend between the sub and the stereo speakers. One catch: The blending isn't automatic; you have to manually fine tune the controls by ear. I enjoy the process; you might not. I've got 2 Parasound pieces, and I've never had any issues, they just sound really great.
That must be real crap! I can't blame you for being pissed off! IME, the customer service does not concede after a sale of any kind.
Keep me posted and Happy Listening! I assumed the power button was broken and needed a new part. If parasound would have told me the glue fell off I would have tried to glue it myself. Trust me i'm not the only one with this problem. Keep in mind that the Parasound is a mass produced product made in Taiwan. Is that bad? Not for business, but there's certainly some cost cutting and other compromises that lead to shortcomings there.
Yes, much more expensive, but you get what you pay for for the most part. Live and learn. Magnum44, exactly, and just about every audiophile has been burned by an inferior product or products.
At least you know not to buy any more Parasound stuff! I don't think just because a little glue may be used here and there necessarily affects the sound quality, which should be the determining factor anyway. Parasound makes some very nice sounding amps at a fraction of the cost of some of those mentioned. Wow, looks like this has turned into Parasound bashing thread.
Agreed with Dragon Not just because I own Parasound and been happy with the product, but because this can happen to may a high end and boutique firms. Lets not forget the recent loudspeaker threads that got deleted because of bashing. Search this threads and you will find tons of threads like this. I hope the OP reaches out to Richard Schram and try to work it out.
Good luck! And so what? They come with a five year warranty, they sound amazing Halo anyway , they look exceptionally good, and the president stands behind the products like no "mass market" brand I've ever seen. The OP was upset because the repair facility put a scratch on his amp mostly, but he seems to get upset easily as he now accuses the president of something too. Recently in another forum a Parasound owner said he's upgrading to some super expensive brand because "after a while, you just want to move on to something better".
But it's his money, he can do what he wants with it. Bashing Parasound because one button came off, and is made in Taiwan is silly, however. If there were a rash of buttons falling off, then you'd have something. And more often than one might think. Owners just don't like to report it here, because of the resell value of their pieces. Now, to suggest enthusiastically "not to buy any more Parasound stuff!
Having said that, it's very interesting to know Parasound's side of the story. AS for the rest of you guys, I stand behind what I said. I'm changing anything or backpedaling because you don't like it or disagree with it, childish or not. I can appreciate affordability, but to me, this stuff ain't the cat's meow like some of you guys and the reviewers say. And as far as reliability is concerned, of course more expensive stuff has its problems, there are lemons at every price point.
Regarding customer service; I can appreciate that. That is quite commendable and honorable. Anyway, those are my thoughts for today. Feel free to debate I know you will, lol. I had an A21 and recently changed amplifiers. I was told several times that Parasound amps are rather flat and don't produce a "great" three dimensional soundstage by a Parasound dealer
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