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Parasound JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier - Black

Parasound's president and founder Richard Schram has made a proven winner even more spectacular with the Halo JC 3+ phono stage designed by John Curl.

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    Product Features

    • Premium-quality MM/MC phono stage
    • Variable MC load adjust independent for each channel from 50-550 ohms with dual gang potentiometers specially made for Parasound by Vishay*
    • Curl-Thompson tweaked circuits to further reduce its silent background noise*
    • 24k gold plated copper traces on phono module boards for utmost conductivity and most transparency/detail in the music*
    • 47% larger low ESD power supply filter caps greater reserve for head-snapping dynamics*
    • 82% larger R-core power transformer greater reserve for low end impact that’s beyond imagination*
    • Three-position input impedance switch (47 k ohm MM cartridges; 100 ohm MC cartridges; 47 k ohm MC cartridges
    • Manual or auto turn-on via a 12V trigger input
    • AC line polarity reverse switch
    • Switchable 115 V-60 Hz / 240 V-5 0Hz AC power input
    • Ability to turn off illumination of the front panel P logo*
    • Available in black and silver*

    *Upgrades from the JC 3 to the JC 3+

    Product Specs

    Frequency Response
    • 20-20Khz, +/- 0.2dB
    Total Harmonic Distortion
    • < 0.01% at 1 kHz
    Signal to Noise Ratio, MM
    • >87 dB, input shorted, IHF A-weighted
    • >78 dB, input shorted, unweighted
    Signal to Noise Ratio, MC
    • >87 dB, input shorted, IHF A-weighted
    • >67 dB, input shorted unweighted
    Inter-channel Crosstalk
    • >72 dB at 1 kHz
    Input Impedance
    • MM: 47k Ω
    • MC: 50- 550 Ω variable, 47k Ω fixed
    Output Impedance
    • Unbalanced: < 100 Ω
    • Balanced: < 100 Ω per leg
    Input Sensitivity at 1 kHz
    • MM: 4mV for 1V output
    • MC: 600μV for 1V output
    Total Gain
    • MM: 4mV for 1V output
    • MC: 600μV for 1V output
    XLR Pin Identification
    • 1 = Ground (Shield)
    • 2 = Positive
    • 3 = Negative (Return)
    AC Power Requirement
    • Standby: <1 watt
    Power On: 12 watts
    • 115 VAC or 230 VAC 50 - 60 Hz (Selected on chassis bottom)
    Dimensions
    • Width: 17-1/4” (437mm)
    • Depth: 13-3/4” (350mm)
    • Height, with feet: 4-1/8” (105mm)
    • Height, without feet: 3-1/2” (89mm)
    Weight
    • Net: 19 lbs. (8.6 Kg)
    • Shipping: 26 lbs. (11.8 kg)

    Product Warranty

    Parts & Labor 5 Years 2 Years for Moving Parts, Remote Controls, Lasers, Front Panel Displays and Video Screens Parasound Warranty Information

    Part-Time Audiophile - "Reviewers Choice Award" Winner

    "I’ve had several phono stages in that looked very similar to the JC 3+, that silver box with a nearly bare front panel. For some strange reason, they all wound up sounding fairly neutral. That connection was somehow cemented in my brain, and I needed to dispose of it. So when I started listening more deeply to the Parasound, I was surprised and relieved to hear that velvet, that warm and snuggly sound that was so inviting to these ears."

    "The Parasound excels at dynamics, partly in due to the supremely low noise floor, and it was particularly strong in the low bass... Those dynamics also contributed to an overall sound that was open and clear and so revealing of the tiniest of details. But the wonderful icing on top was that smooth undercurrent of romanticism, that slight lushness that a tubed phono stage would be obliged to provide for you without so much as a nod."

    "Three grand is a lot to spend on a phono pre for some people. For others, it’s not enough. I think the Parasound JC 3+ is a good argument for ignoring price tags. Like other Parasound products that are far closer to the state-of-the-art than the price would suggest—the big Halo monoblocks come to mind—you have to treat the JC 3+ as something of a gift, a product from a great engineering mind produced by a company that keeps impressing me over and over. Highly recommended."

    - Marc Phillips, Part-Time Audiophile, March 19, 2021


    2022 Recommended Components - Stereophile

    "The John Curl-designed Halo JC 3+ is the best commercially available phono preamplifer I’ve used – period."

    "If your tastes run to purity, neutrality, clarity, and detail, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better phono stage..."

    - Stereophile magazine, April 2020


    2022 Editors’ Choice Award - The Absolute Sound


    High-End Audio Buyer's Guide 2022 - The Absolute Sound


    Golden Ear Award Winner 2014 – The Absolute Sound

    "Junior conveys a warm ambient flavor, openness rather than a constriction within the hall. Wind and string transients are smooth and naturalistic. A phono preamp that will stand the test of time."

    "For those who are prone to swapping exotic cartridges and seeking the last work in resolution, the new '+' is simply overflowing with positives."

    "With every rotation from an LP collection, the JC 3 conveys a heady mix of profound silence and kick-butt energy, a kiss of romance through the mids, and an ability to extract low-level information and define it in acoustic space."

    - Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound magazine, September 2014


    "My original JC3 review compared it to far more expensive phono preamps including the Pass XP25, the Ypsilon VPS100 and one from Allnic. I did so because I felt it was good enough to play on the same field. I concluded 'The JC3 tucks it in ever so slightly on both ends, losing some shimmer on top and punch on bottom.' That's how the JC3+ performed as well compared to other way more expensive phono preamps."

    "If you go from one of the modest priced phono preamps analogplanet.com surveyed last year to the JC3+, you'll have no trouble hearing the sonic improvement. And as you upgrade cartridge and turntable the JC3+ will comfortably go along for the ride… At least until you hit the lottery."

    - Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet.com, April 17 2014

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