Parasound JC1 Mono Power Amplifier

Description

  •  Premier monaural amplifier
  •  Circuitry designed by legendary John Curl and CTC Builder
  •  Ultra-high bias Class A/AB operation
  •  Exclusive two position bias level adjustment
  •  Balanced inputs with discrete circuits and XLR connectors
  •  Vampire Direct gold-plated OFC RCA input
  •  Dual heavy-duty 24k gold-plated 5-way speaker binding posts
  •  Direct Coupled – no capacitors or inductors in signal path
  •  Complementary MOSFET driver stage and JFET input stage
  •  18 beta-matched 15 amp, 60 MHz bipolar output transistors
  •  1.9 kVA encapsulated toroid power transformer
  •  Independent power supplies for input, driver and output stages
  •  18,000 µF filters for driver stage
  •  132,000 µF Nichicon Gold Tune filters for output stage
  •  DC Servo and relay protection circuits
  •  REL and Nichicon Muse capacitors
  •  Harris hyper-fast soft recovery diodes for all bridge rectifiers
  •  Auto turn-on by 12v trigger or audio signal trigger
  •  Ground lift switch , adjustable turn-on delay
  •  4u Chassis with rear carry handles, rack mounting kit included
  •  Premium detachable AWG 12 power cord with silver solder
  •  THX Ultra2 certified

 Continuous power output, 20Hz – 20 kHz:
400 watts RMS x 1, 8 ?
800 watts RMS x 1, 4 ?
1200 watts RMS x 1, 2 ?

        Class A power output, 20Hz – 20 kHz:
25 watts, bias set to high, 8 ?
10 watts, bias set to low, 8 ?

        Current capacity:
135 amperes peak

        Power bandwidth:
2 Hz – 120 kHz, +0/-3 dB at 1 watt

        Total harmonic distortion:
< 0.15 % at full power

        IM distortion: balanced 16 V rms
< 0.03 %

        Slew rate:
> 130 V/µsecond

        Dynamic headroom:
> 1.8 dB

        Input sensitivity:
1 V for 28.28 V, THX Reference Level

        Input impedance:
100 k ?

        S/N ratio:
>120 dB, IHF A-weighted, bias set to high
>122 dB, IHF A-weighted, bias set to low

        Damping factor:
> 1200 at 20 Hz

        Power Requirement :
250 watts idle 1280 watts full power into 4 ?

        DC trigger output capacity :
+12 Vdc, 150 mA

        Dimensions:
17-1/4″ w x 7-5/8″ h x 20 ” d, 7 ” h without feet

        Net weight: 64 lb.