PARASOUND JC3 Jr
John Curl har designet anerkjente phono stage foforsterkere for Vendetta Research, Constellation Audio, Audible Illusions og for Parasound. Den kritikerroste JC 3+ kjenner vi som en Stereophile klasse A anbefalt komponent. Halo Jc3 Jr er den aller nyeste og rimeligste phono forsterker noensinne fra John Curl og Parasound, … og vi snakker fortsatt om en high-end forsterker!
JC3 Jr. kjennetegnes ved at den er helt stille, og spiller med en ukjent åpenhet og detaljrikdom i denne prisklassen. S/N på 94 dB og THD mindre enn 0.02%!
Parasound JC 3 Jr. performed way beyond its price class…a fantastic boon to audiophiles everywhere.
If the Junior is not trickle-down brilliance from JC’s previous designs, then this baby is an accidental miracle.
OUTSTANDING . among the best.
Omtaler av Parasoud JC3 Jr.
The Parasound Junior is, without a doubt in my mind, the best under-$2000 solid-state phono stage I have ever heard, or even know about.
– Positive Feedback
The Parasound JC 3 Jr. performed way beyond its price class…a fantastic boon to audiophiles everywhere. I cannot recommend it more emphatically!
– Positive Feedback
It’s quiet, quiet, quiet; paints a big soundstage and is incredibly dynamic. Like the more expensive models, you have balanced and single ended output options and the choice of a fixed 47k loading or a variable 50-500 ohm MC setting, with three gain settings; 40, 50, and 60db.
– Tonepublication
The Parasound Junior is, without a doubt in my mind, the best under-$2000 solid-state phono stage I have ever heard, or even know about
– Positive Feedback
It is dead silent. It is mellifluous. It is sophisticated. It is truly high definition. It yields rock solid imaging and great clarity.
– Positive Feedback
The JC 3 Jr. performs the admirable trick of allowing all that detail and texture to come through and paints it in a realistic manner – not harsh or sibilant, but in the right context of the music. Switching to a Japanese pressing of Rickie Lee Jones’s self-titled debut album, the JC 3 Jr. again allowed for a very enjoyable rendition. Rhythm and dynamics are well rendered and the mid-high forward balance of most Japanese reissues is welcome, not something to be feared.
– audiofi.net
OUTSTANDING . among the best.
Providing pace, punch and panache, the Parasound pack plenty of power
– Hi- Fi World
- Frequency Response:
- 20-20Khz, +/- 0.2dB
- Total Harmonic Distortion
- < 0.02% at 1 kHz
- Signal to Noise Ratio, 40 dB Setting >85dB, input shorted, IHF A-weighted
- >80dB, input shorted, unweighted
- Signal to Noise Ratio, 50 dB Setting
- >89dB, input shorted, IHF A-weighted
- >84dB, input shorted unweighted
- Signal to Noise Ratio, 60 dB Setting
- > 94dB, input shorted, IHF A-weighted
- > 91dB, input shorted, unweighted
- Inter-channel Crosstalk
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- >80 dB at 1 kHz
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- Input Impedance
- MM or MI: 47k Ω
MC Variable: 50- 550 Ω
- MM or MI: 47k Ω
- Output Impedance
- Unbalanced: < 100 Ω
- Balanced: < 100 Ω per leg
- Input Capacitance
- 150 pF Input
- Sensitivity at 1 kHz, 4mV Input
- 40 dB: 4 mV for 450mV output
- 50 dB: 4 mV for 1.4 Volts output
- 60 dB: 4 mV for 4.25 Volts output
- Input Sensitivity at 1 kHz, 1V Output
- 40 dB: 9 mV for 1.0 Volt output
- 50 dB: 3 mV for 1.0 Volt output
- 60 dB: 0.9 mV for 1.0 Volt output
- Total Gain
- 40 dB / 50 dB / 60 dB (unbalanced output)
- 46 dB / 56 dB / 66 dB (balanced output)
- XLR Pin Identification
- 1 = Ground (Shield)
- 2 = Positive
- 3 = Negative (Return)
- AC Power Requirement
- Standby: <1 watt
- Power On: 9 watts
- 115 VAC or 230 VAC 50 – 60 Hz
- Dimensions
- Width: 17-1/4” (437mm)
- Depth: 14-3/4” (375mm) Depth with cables: 17” (432mm)
- Height: 2-1/2” (63.5mm)
- Height, without feet: 1-3/4” (45mm)
- Weight Net: 13 lbs. (5.9 Kg)
- Shipping: 19 lbs. (8.6 kg)
- S/N up to 94 dB and THD less than 0.02%
- Vampire brand 24k gold-plated RCA jacks
- eutrik locking balanced XLR outputs connectors
- Cartridge options for 47k Ω MM and MC
- Variable MC impedance adjustment of 50-550 ohms
- Mono switch improves sound of mono & older LPs
- Gain select for 40 dB/50 dB/60 dB unbalanced, or 46 dB/56 dB/66 dB balanced
- Circuit boards designed by Carl Thompson
- Convenient auto turn-on by 12V trigger
- RIAA accurate to within 0.2 dB
- Vishay-Dale resistors in the audio path
- Incredible S/N ratio achieved with aluminum shield to
- isolate audio circuitry from power supply board and additional shielding of the toroid power transformer
- High speed-soft recovery bridge rectifiers and common mode inductor for purest sound