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detail and punch, amazingly detailed bass, plenty of power (running with 4 ohm studio monitors)

not as "musical" as Yamaha M-series

Incredible detail, especially in the bass. I've been trying different power amps in my studio system, and the Parasound is wonderfully accurate, neutral, and detailed. The cleanliness and detail in the bass is astounding.

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Yamaha M-40, B&K ST-140, Hafler DH220, Alesis RA-100, System: Adcom GFP565 pre, Adcom GCD700 cd player, Wireworld Atlantis, Straightwire Chorus cable, Canare speaker cable, JBL 4408A monitors

A very affordable, handsome, and satisfying amplifier.

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I am currently using this amplifier in bridged mono to run the center channel speaker in my HT rig. It is currently pushing a Paradigm CC-370 with unabashed ease. The CC can handle the power and the Parasound can deliver it. Dialog is crisp, smooth, and delicious. I love watching movies with Parasound running my speakers (I have a HCA-1000A running the mains and another running the rears, as well as the bridged 750 running my center). Highly reccommended.

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Yamaha, Arcam, Rotel

clarity, headroom, sturdy design

susceptible to AC line noise

When first introduced to Parasound by one of my favorite retailers, I was impressed by the afford-ability in light of the quality craftsmanship. I have three Parasound products which all perform flawlessly and have the exact features I was looking for... no bells or whistles to distract me from what I need.

The HCA-750A continues in that vein: clean, dynamic power in a well-designed, sturdy chassis. The substantial rocker on/off switch, the functional and high-quality potentiometers on the read panel, and the firm connectors capable of taking stiff interconnects, as well as the capable power cable, all reinforce what can be heard: clean, precise, non-nonsense power.

But, this amps lacks a little musically. It doesn't quite match some of Bryston's amps (which are more costly), but it is very comparable with Rotel or Adcom amps. It delivers what it is given, just amplified... if the front end doesn't have good drive, rhythm, or dynamics, don't expect that out of the HCA-750A. But, with a good combination of front-end, pre-amplifier, and interconnects, it will produce good results. And, at the price, how can one complain?

Conclusion: great value for a mid-fi system, whether for music or theatre. The best part about the value is that it lets you spend more money where it is truly needed, the front-end and the speakers.

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Parasound HCA-600, Yamaha M-35

Clear, fast sound, well rounded.

None sonically. Mine had loose "feet", had to tighten screws.

Overall I agree with the previous reviewers with the exception that I would highly suggest listening to A/B comparisons to the P/LD 100 line drive pre-amp paired with this amp instead of the 850. It comes with the remote and the 850 doesn't.

I was going to buy the 850 pre and the HCA 1000A for $100 less than the HCA 750A and the P/LD 1100.

When switched in blind A/B comparisons the difference was astonishing. The line drive pre-amp maintains much better signal separation than the 850. I would recommend going with the 750 and the better pre-amp if you don't need gobs of power but you want a big clean soundstage.
I'm driving some older Klipsch Cornwalls with 101db sensitivity so 75 watts is plenty of power.

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Replaces Luxman integrated

Warm, detailed, fast, detachable power cord, mono block option

None for the money

The HCA-750A is no Sunfire or Bryston, but it's a really surprising amp for the money. I disagree with the reviewer who calls it mid-fi, unless you want to compare apples with oranges, i.e. Jadis, Mark Levinson, etc. The HCA-750A is a quality budget hi-fi component - no doubt about it. Unlike another reviewer I can't hear any line noise - I use a line conditioner on my system. I also don't think it lacks any serious detail (again - for the money), but this may be due to a good match in interconnects and pre-amp. All in all I find it capable of quite a bit of detail and it's actually overkill for my Klipsch RP3s - since they do not require a 75 watt amp. This little amp is clearly underrated and a good buy even at retail ($450)

System:

Parasound HCA-750A 75-Watt Stereo Amplifier
Reference Line Preeminence One Line Stage
Toshiba Progressive Scan 24/192 DVD/CD Player
Klipsch Reference Series RP-3
Vans Evers 80 Series Eight Line Conditioner
Transparent MusicLink Interconnect Cables
MIT Terminator 4 Speaker Cables

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Parasound HCA-750A. Very good and simple design. Has no excessive controls. In fact, it hardly has controls at all. All you get is a power switch on the front panel, a stereo to monoblock switch on the rear panel and a pair of set-and-forget input sensitivity controls near the input RCA connectors. HCA-750A seem to have very conservative protection circuit which is certainly good for the transistors of the output stage. This amp seem to introduce virtually no noise even when you listen to very loud music. Both voices and instruments are reproduced with very high fidelity. I use Parasound P/HP-850 as a preamp. These two seem to make a perfect match.

Bought this amp to complete a system in my den. I'm using it with an Adcom GTP-400 and adcom CD player. My speakers are NHT Superones. The sound of this amp in my system is clean, and can play at high levels. Good dynamics, neutral sound, but a bit dry and flat. I have used it in my reference system and found the sound surprizingly good. Careful matching with the right equipment would bring out the best of this little amp. One word of caution! I have a terrible ground loop hum that this amp picks up and ampifies. I called Parasound to discuss this problem and they all but admitted that this amp's design is suseptible to this problem. I finally solved the problem by using a two prong plug for the power cord instead of the standard three prong (probably not a good idea) but it works and the Parasound engineer said it probably would not be a problem

Clarity Clarity Clarity

none that I have come by

Great amp for the price. After returning a NAK RE-10 (BEWARE! THE NAK RE-10's soundstage is very compressed) I purchased the parasound. OH S&*t! what a difference! There was no comparison. Luckily this unit does not suffer the aboved mentioned 60 hz hum. Everything is A-okay so far.

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Yamaha, NAK