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(Vol.40 No.12 WWW) PARASOUND HINT 6 HALO: $3199 * Introduced in 2014, Parasound's Halo integrated amp offered 160Wpc from its bipolar output section - JFETs and MOS- FETs were pressed into service elsewhere in the amp - plus a list of convenience features including a dedicated subwoofer output with its own variable high- and low-pass crossover filters; a 32-bit DAC with USB, coaxial, and optical inputs; a discrete headphone amplifier; an MM/MC phono stage; and a total of six line inputs (one balanced, five unbalanced). (Vol.37 No.1, Vol.38 No.12, Vol.39 No.6, Vol.41 No.5, Vol.42 No.1, Vol.43 No.5 WWW) DRAGONFIRE MINI DRAGON DFA 2.1: $10,000 FOR THE SYSTEM The DFA 2.1 system from Dragonfire Acoustics comprises the company's Mini Dragon Satellite planar-magnetic desktop speakers; MD-4 250 Wpc class-D amp, which contains a DSP module for correcting and controlling the speakers; and DFA SB-8P subwoofer, along with a version of the miniDSP SHD headphone amp/streamer (equipped with Dirac Live room-correction software), plus a suite of cables and a calibrated USB microphone. (Vol.44 No.12 WWW) CAMBRIDGE AUDIO CXA81: $1499 $$$ The CXA81 is a versatile, solid state integrated amplifier with analog and digital inputs, headphone, preamplifier, and subwoofer outputs, and the usual loudspeaker outputs. POWER AMPLIFIERS A (SOLID STATE) ACCUSTIC ARTS AMP V: $50,000 The 176lb Accustic Arts AMP V (pronounced Amp Five) was the heaviest, tallest, most powerful - specified power is 900Wpc into 8 ohms, 1360Wpc into 4 ohms, and 1500Wpc into 2 ohms - and most expensive stereo amplifier JVS has auditioned in his system. Pass Laboratories' solid state XA60.8 monoblock amplifier, JCA echoed JA's earlier published response to the amp's predecessor, the XA.60.5: "the best amplifier I've heard.". [Extracted from the article]