5 years in development, the new JC1+ monoblock amplifier is the ultimate achievement of Parasound and legendary designer John Curl.
Most amplifier manufacturers don’t allocate resources to develop their input and driver stages because they either fail
to understand their critical role or they just don’t want to spend the money. Curl, on the other hand, knows that an
amplifier can only be as good as its input stage. Input and driver stages that provide the amplifier’s voltage gain have a
significant influence on an amplifier’s performance. If an amplifiers input and driver stages are even slightly deficient,
the very best output stage cannot make up for its shortcomings.
Features:
450 Watts @ 8Ω
850 Watts @ 4Ω
1300 Watts @ 2Ω
Filter capacitance: 198,000 uF
Transformer capacity: 2.1 kVA
Output transistors: 24 Sanken 60Mz devices
Peak current: 180 amps
Weight: 83 lbs net
Bybee Music Rails™ active high frequency noise filters
John Curl driver stage employs a new cascode circuit design
FR-408 input circuit board material improves HF signal integrity
Gain switch to select 29 dB or 23 dB of gain
R-core power transformer for input stage
Input circuit board is shielded
Double thickness copper on output/power supply circuit boards
Gold-plated internal audio signal path connectors
Custom CHK Infinium speaker binding posts
Looping Neutrik XLR output for easier bi-amping
Front panel power indicator LED
Updated auto turn on circuits with 3.5mm 12V trigger jacks