Parasound ZC ZAmp V0.3 Two Channel Zone Amplifier

Parasound ZC ZAmp V0.3 Two Channel Zone AmplifierSmall Amp, Big Personality Drop the ZAmp v0. 3 into your setup and small speakers wake up. Voices snap into focus, bass gets taut instead of boomy, and the whole presentation feels lively and effortlesseven in tight spaces. In a slim 1U chassis, it delivers 45 W x2 into 8 (60 W x2 into 4 ) or 90 W bridged mono, using a fully discrete ClassAB design with a toroidal transformer. Everyday integration is easy with 12 V trigger and audiosensing autoon,

Small Amp, Big Personality

Drop the ZAmp v0.3 into your setup and small speakers wake up. Voices snap into focus, bass gets taut instead of boomy, and the whole presentation feels lively and effortless—even in tight spaces.

In a slim 1U chassis, it delivers 45 W x2 into 8 Ω (60 W x2 into 4 Ω) or 90 W bridged mono, using a fully discrete Class‑AB design with a toroidal transformer. Everyday integration is easy with 12 V trigger and audio‑sensing auto‑on, plus a front‑panel headphone jack and looping line outputs for flexible zones or bi‑amping.

Praised by reviewers

• “…hardly a newcomer, but very feisty… I was really taken by its sound quality… a stellar bargain.” — Positive Feedback (John Marks).
• “Amp was a Parasound Zamp v.3 that proved an excellent partner for the Mini A for a desktop system.” — Home Theater HiFi. 

Specifications: 

Continuous power output:

• 45 watts RMS x 2, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 8 Ω, both channels driven 60 watts RMS x 2, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 4 Ω, both channels driven 90 watts RMS x 1, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 8 Ω, minimum impedance

Current capacity:12 amperes peak per channelFrequency response:5 Hz - 100 kHz, +0/-3 dBTotal harmonic distortion:< 0.07 % full power < 0.02 % typical levelsIM distortion:< 0.05 %Dynamic headroom:1.5 dBInter-channel crosstalk:80 dB at 1 kHz; 60 dB at 20 kHzInput Impedance:33 k ΩInput Sensitivity:600 mV; 1.5 V for full outputS/N Ratio:116 dB, input shorted, IHF A weightedDimensions:8-1/2 w x 1-3/4 h x 10 d, 2 h with feetNet weight:7 lbs.