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Parasound Halo P7 Preamplifier
Written by Rick Schmidt   
Tuesday, 24 February 2009 16:00
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Parasound Halo P7 Preamplifier
Page 2: The Design of the Parasound Halo P7 Preamplifier
Page 3: The Parasound Halo P7 Preamplifier Remote Control
Page 4: The Parasound Halo P7 Preamplifier In Use
Page 5: Conclusions about the Parasound Halo P7 Preamplifier
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Parasound Halo P7 Preamplifier

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Introduction

The Parasound Halo P 7 Preamp is a problem solver. The problem is the gap between home theater systems and hi-end stereo systems. Many home theater buyers are fond of the stereo systems that they already own (and paid big bucks for), those that don’t already have a stereo might find that they can afford a lot more two channel gear than 7.1 channel gear and since 90-100% of their music collection is two channel.. well, you get the idea. But unless you are a hifi nut like me, you don’t have a room dedicated to the stereo and another dedicated to the home theater.

Specifications

  • Frequency Response: 5 Hz - 100 kHz, +0/-3 dB
  • Total harmonic distortion:
  • < 0.006% at 20 kHz
  • Line Input Impedance :
  • Unbalanced: 14.2k Ω
  • Balanced: 4.7k Ω per leg
  • Phono Input Impedance :
  • MM setting: 47k Ω
  • MC setting: 100 Ω
  • Output Impedance :
  • Unbalanced: < 60 Ω
  • Unbalanced: < 60 Ω per leg
  • Total Gain: 14 dB (Volume limiter set to 110)
  • Dimensions:
  • Width: 17-1/4" (437 mm)
  • Depth: 13-3/4" (350 mm)
  • Height, with feet: 4-1/8" (105 mm)
  • Height, without feet: 3-1/2" (89 mm)
  • Weight:
  • Net: 13.5 lbs. (6.1 Kg)
  • Shipping: 20.5 lbs. (9.3 Kg)
  • S/N ratio:
    > 110 dB, input shorted, IHF A-weighted
    >  95 dB, input shorted, unweighted
  • Cross-talk:
    85 dB at 20 kHz
  • MSRP $2000 USD
  • Parasound

Here comes the P 7 to solve your problems. The Parasound P 7 is a high quality preamp designed to integrate your two channel and multi channel systems. Not a preamp-preprocessor (pre-pro). There is no digital processing in the P 7. What the P 7 does is allow you to integrate any combination of two channel source components, multichannel source components, two channel amplifiers and multichannel amplifiers.



 
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