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Amplifiers / USA

Parasound

Parasound makes audio electronics, including power amplifiers. Its equipment appears in venues using separate amplification for their loudspeakers.

Design & approach

Parasound was founded in San Francisco with the aim of bringing carefully engineered amplification to a wider audience. Its company history identifies a long collaboration with amplifier designer John Curl. In the installations below, Parasound may serve a main speaker pair or one part of a distributed system; the published record establishes which role is known.

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Venue equipment records, including their original model uncertainties. Shared-system entries retain the full recorded context.

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Amsterdam / Netherlands

Cornerstore ↗

Equipment in use

Cornerstore lists Parasound in its amplifiers setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.

  • Audio equipment: Credited by venue; model unspecified

Inside the system

At Cornerstore, the equipment record identifies Technics Credited by venue; model unspecified. This identifies one part of the playback arrangement; it does not establish the complete route from source to loudspeaker.

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Oakland / United States

Bar Shiru ↗

Equipment in use

Bar Shiru lists Parasound in its amplifiers setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.

  • Amplification: 805-IA; 34-IA; 3 × Halo A23+ (Line Magnetic / Parasound)

Inside the system

Bar Shiru’s system combines several speaker types with valve and solid-state amplification rather than imposing one chain on every listening position. The custom Isonoe mixer provides the control point for the analogue programme, with SME and VPI sources and Line Magnetic phono stages upstream.

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Philadelphia / United States

48 Record Bar ↗

Equipment in use

A Parasound power amplifier is reported at 48 Record Bar, where it sits alongside NAD electronics. The Parasound model is not specified.

  • Amplification: NAD C-3050; Parasound power amplifier, model unspecified (NAD / Parasound)

Inside the system

48 Record Bar distributes KEF R3, JBL L82 and KEF LS50 pairs between the front, bar and rear. The Pro-Ject source supports album listening, while the Ecler WARM2 provides rotary control for DJ programming.

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