Hi Digi,Hi, Would you say that in 2022 this Parasound JC2BP preamplifier is relevant, value for money and could be paired well with a Parasound A21+ amplifier?
Assuming your question was directed to any contributor of the thread then my 2 cents would be NO. Any pre amp that does not have digital inputs and an inbuilt DAC with > 105 SINAD is no longer relevant. Something like a Benchmark DAC2 ticks all the boxes with excellent measurements and build and available for $1K second hand ..... remote, volume control, 2 x analogue inputs, 2 x optical, 2 x coaxial, 1 X USB, balanced & RCA outputs, headphone
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Combine with a hypex (or purify) power amp and you will have a SOTA front end for ~ $2K ..... just add speakers