ParasoundHalo P-5usedParasound Halo P-5 Great Pre amp for price point"Heartily Recommended" – Stereophile Parasound’s Halo P 5 replaces the popular and long-lived Halo P 3 stereo preamplifier. Among its many advantages over the P 5 are a high-quality DAC with co...700.00

Parasound Halo P-5 Great Pre amp for price point

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"Heartily Recommended" – Stereophile



Parasound’s Halo P 5 replaces the popular and
long-lived Halo P 3 stereo preamplifier. Among its many advantages over
the P 5 are a high-quality DAC with coaxial, optical, and USB inputs,
subwoofer outputs with analog bass management, Parasound’s most advanced
home theater bypass to date, a phono stage with moving-coil
capabilities, and a precision, motorized volume control.

It does so much, founder and president of Parasound, Richard Schram, calls it “the Swiss Army Knife of stereo preamps.”

How good does the P 5 sound? “It’s audibly superior
to the P 3 in every respect,” observes Richard. Considering the superb
audio performance of the P 3, that makes the new P 5 extremely special.

"What's Not to Like?"

"This is about as fine a $1095 preamp as I can
imagine in 2014. Heartily recommended," reports Art Dudley in his April
7, 2014 review for Stereophile. "Exceptional clarity. Exceptional
dynamics. Neutral without being colorless. Very well made and complete
for the price. What’s not to like?"

"It performs exceptionally well, quiet for a
preamp, a low noise floor, balanced input/output, digital processing and
bass management," notes Piero Gabucci, in his Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity review for
July 21, 2014. "The fact that it replaces up to four separates is more
than just space saving, it’s smart in our economic climate, for me
anyway."

"Power and Performance at a Ridiculously Low Price"

"Parasound is one of the very few companies in the
world that has a reputation for state- of-the-art sound quality and
engineering as well as a reputation for delivering superb value for
money, and in looking at this duo, it’s easy to see why," reports Greg
Borrowman in his joint review of the Parasound Halo P5 preamp and
Parasound Halo A 23 power amp for the May / June 2014 Australian Hi-fi
magazine. "Buy this pair and you’ll be getting an awful lot of power
and incredible performance for what, quite frankly, are ridiculously low
prices. And that’s true no matter whether you buy the P 5, the A 23, or
both."

A Value-Conscious Upgrade

"For 10 years, the Halo P 3 has been a mainstay of
our line for value-conscious audiophiles," reports Richard. "However,
new technologies have changed the ways audiophiles connect to and enjoy
their music. So, the addition of a high quality DAC was an obvious
choice for the P 5. There has also been a resurgence in turntables, so
we upgraded the MM-only phono stage to also handle MC moving coil
cartridges with a choice of load impedances."

While the P 3 has outstanding two-channel sound, many
audiophiles today have 2.1-channel stereo speaker systems with robust
subwoofers. The P 5 actually creates a sub channel output for
2.1-channel listening.

Adjustable Low-pass and High-pass Crossovers

Among the P 5's many benchmark features is the ease
with which it allows you to integrate audiophile stereo speakers with a
home theater surround system. It is probably the only audio component
currently on the market that includes switchable and adjustable low-pass
and high-pass crossovers. Infinitely variable rear-panel controls let you set both crossover points exactly where you want them.

The addition of an XLR balanced subwoofer output
contributes to the convenience in a home theater set-up. Most people
like to position their subs on the other side of the room, so a balanced
output makes excellent sense. And for connection versatility, two RCA
unbalanced outputs are also provided.

Built-in DAC

The Parasound Halo P 5 incorporates a very high
quality state-of-the-art DAC. This DAC can process a wide range of
digital sources with its coaxial and optical inputs accepting up to 192
kHz rates, and the USB input accepting up to 96 kHz.

The P 5’s Cirrus Logic Digital Receiver scrubs the digital clock to
attenuate jitter not only for the USB but for all inputs. This enables
its acclaimed Burr- Brown PCM1798 DAC to achieve outstanding, natural
sound quality for all of your digital sources.

Five Line-level Sources Plus a Phono Input

The Halo P 5's analog audio inputs include consist of
RCA line-level stereo input, one pair of balanced XLR inputs, a phono
input, and a front panel 3.5mm mini jack for portable audio players or
smartphones. The line outputs are balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA, plus a
choice of balanced or unbalanced subwoofer outputs. The main and
subwoofer outputs can be run full range or placed under the careful
regulation of variable frequency analog high-pass and low pass
crossovers.

The phono input is compatible with all moving magnet
cartridges, and virtually all moving coil cartridges, with a 100 ohm/47k
ohm switch to select the appropriate load impedance matching.

Defeatable Tone Controls and Much, Much More

The front panel has a headphone jack, controls for
source selection, level, bass, treble, tone defeat, balance, and
subwoofer level. There is an auxiliary input with an additional 12-dB
gain stage to compensate for typically low output of portable devices.
An included remote control duplicates these functions. The IC volume
control of the P 3 has been replaced with a premium Alps motorized
potentiometer.

In addition to upgrades to the analog audio
circuitry, the P 5 features a 0.5 watts standby power consumption to
meet the new Energy Star requirements. A 12-VDC trigger circuit and a IR
connection and loop-out make it easy to interface with sophisticated AV
systems.


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