Treasure!! Perfect desktop amp for my ON Sensations

[jcparks]

At the Flea Market in San Jose today and I stumbled on a Parasound Zamp. I immediately recognized the Parasound name and thought the form factor would be perfect for my desk, so I asked the vendor for a price. He told me $25. I said ok, walked off and googled it to look up the specs; 30 WPC into 8 ohms, 45 into 4 ohms stable... perfect for my Overnights. I asked my wife's permission, got 40 dollars from the ATM and offered the guy 20 which he accepted. I get it home and it's perfect!! The sound is a bit more laid back and neutral the the NAD 7225 that I was using before, and it tucks away under my desk perfectly. With any luck it will do a decent job with Headphones so I don't have to spend more on a specialized headphone amp. Over all very satisfied!!!

 

[XEagleDriver]

Cool beans, glad you found a gem.

 

[tyhjaarpa]

Sometimes you find surprising deals when people dont even realize what they are selling and they could get a lot more if they knew.

 

[j_garcia]

I live just a few miles from the Flea

 

[afterlife2]

Congrats! What no pics?

 

[jcparks]

Pics!! hold on

and here you can see how perfectly it sits inconspicuously at the under my desk.

And this is what I was rocking before...

 

[afterlife2]

Dang what a great deal. Looks great too. What speakers are those?

 

[jcparks]

http://www.parts-express.com/overnight-sensations-mt-speaker-kit-pair--300-706

Amazing desktop speakers... they image better then any speaker I have ever listened to. You don't have to close your eyes, you just look for the speaker that is hidden behind your monitor and get confused.
Bass response would blow you away for a 4" driver too, really cant speak to highly about them.

 

[afterlife2]

Nice. I wanna get a kit one day. Just to put together my first speaker. You did a nice job on the color. Enjoy the beer!

 

[jcparks]

haha that is an old picture to show how big the NAD was as opposed to the small Parasound. Coffee right now.

 

[slipperybidness]

http://www.parts-express.com/overnight-sensations-mt-speaker-kit-pair--300-706

Amazing desktop speakers... they image better then any speaker I have ever listened to. You don't have to close your eyes, you just look for the speaker that is hidden behind your monitor and get confused.
Bass response would blow you away for a 4" driver too, really cant speak to highly about them.

You see that the designer of the Overnights now has 2 more kits on PE?

The Hitmakers and the Amigas:
http://www.parts-express.com/promo/new_speaker_kits

 

[jcparks]

Ick!!
I was toying with the idea of building a set of Linkwitz LX minis for a stereo listening area in the guest room but those Amigas could be very interesting though. That means I have to do more treasure hunting to find a bigger amplifier though.
Challenge accepted, time to make a trip to some thrift stores!!

 

[j_garcia]

If you're hunting the Berryessa Flea, ping me ahead of time and we can meet up.

 

[jcparks]

I plan on doing some more early weekend trips while the kids are with their mom for summer. I guess if you get in before 9am it's free. Let me ask th e wife when she wants to go again.
I walked away from a Hsu STF 2 in box for 80 dollars one time at that flea... I still kick myself.