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About the Designer of the HCA-2200II
We created the Parasound HCA-2200II to be among the finest amplifiers ever made for the reproduction of
music. To build a world class amplifier, we turned to world class designer, John Curl. He is considered one
of the most respected designers of our time. His advances in the art of audio have been renowned for over 20
years.
John was the designer of the Mark Levinson JC-2 preamplifier in 1974. A landmark product
whose performance justified its stunningly high price, it inspired the emergence of the high end audio indus-
try. He designed the mastering recorders used by Wilson Audio and Mobile Fidelity, the mixing consoles
used by the Grateful Dead for concerts and recordings, and electronics at the site of the famed annual
Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Most recently he redesigned the recording electronics for Stereophile
Magazine.
John has published definitive articles on advanced circuit design and the influence of different capacitor
types on the reproduction of music. He designed the Symmetry electronic crossover, SOTA head amplifier
and collaborated with noted Finnish designer Matti Otala in explorations of the phenomenon of Transient
Intermodulation Distortion.
John also builds the wonderfully musical, quiet (and very expensive) Vendetta Research phono preamplifi-
ers which have earned rave reviews in Audio, The Absolute Sound and repeated Class A distinction in
Stereophile. He designs and builds the products the top reviewers purchase for their own listening pleasure.
Those who can afford his designs have been a privileged few. The HCA-2200II is the latest version of John
Curl's first amplifier designed for Parasound. Take another look at some of the special features in the Parasound
HCA-2200II - these are the hallmark of the finest, most musical high-end audio models which have earned
critical acclaim. And now they're yours.
May we also recommend our John Curl-designed P/FR-2000 and P/LD-1500 preamplifiers as ideal com-
panions for your HCA-2200II?