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Monday morning decision, and hopefully the final one. Talked with techs at Parasound, and they arrived at the same decision after hearing the results of my 2.5 days of playing with the A 51 & A 21. Seems the best solution is to replace the A 51 with three of the A 21's. Several memebrs here had the same thought that Parasound techs, and that is the A 23 will most likley have a problem powering the Axioms.
So now waiting a call back from my dealer as she is contacting Parasound to see if they can get the cost of the fourth A 21 down to what I'm willing to pay.
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Update, if any ones interested in the amp saga. The rep just ordered the three A 21's, they will be in tomorrow, so will be picking them up on Saturday most likely. These three will replace the A 51 (5 channel), so will have four A 21's, for the 7.1 system, with one channel unused till I order some Axiom speakers for the garage, then the 8th amp will handle that. Parasound did good at giving me a price break on the the third A 21, my cost was acually be under B grade online prices, so I'm very happy with there CS in this issue.
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Why didn't you do that in the first place? It would have worked out with the Outlaw amps if you had went with a stack of their separate amps, too, right?
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I think you did well going with the A 21s and not the A 23s.Let us know how the amps perform once things are up and running.
Rick
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As I mentioned in the long post about the amp issue , I had asked about replacing the 770 with seven of the mono 200's blocks, seems they wanted to find the issue with the 770 first. All the time I dealt with Outlaw, I followed thier suggestions and tired all of the things they asked.
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Outlaw and Parasound are also 2 totally different animals with the Parasound product in my opinion being far superior in every aspect.
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Outlaw and Parasound are also 2 totally different animals with the Parasound product in my opinion being far superior in every aspect
10k vs. 2k i hope so
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Another example of you get what you pay for. ....and given what they (Parasounds) can do, this is an apples to oranges comparison.
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In defense of the amount I invested in the Halo's, I did a lot of researching on amps, and if one takes the specs of Halo amps, and prices for seperates, not multi 5 and 7 channel amps, and compare the cost of other well know brands, the Halos are not all that much more in cost. Also the Parsound company is only an hour from my location, so I have good support.
I looked at the Halo cost as a long term investment, I most likely will not me spending money on amps for the rest of my life. I purchased an expensive system in the mid 80's, I had it for 12 years, never had to send any one of the four pieces in for service, and when I sold the pieces on eBay in 1996, I regained about 70% of my original investment. It was all Tandberg, which is now basically not imported any more. Or I would have went with them this time, so I'll have to wait a few years to see if the Halos hold up as well as the reviews and all of the many users I have talked to report that they do.
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You need not have to defend the amount you spent on your system.If you got what you wanted and don't mind the cost so be it.If I were able to do so I would do the same thing in a heartbeat.Of course I would have picked Rotel .Enjoy!
Rick
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