I auditioned it for about...two hours. I couldn't get off the couch and the dealer sat with me most of the time. It was amazing. There was a Naim CDX2 front end with Apertura speakers and I couldn't believe how good it sounded. Everything from electronic music (Massive Attack, Maxwell Implosion, Bargrooves) to vocal (Diana Krall, Fairfield Four, Rickie Lee Jones) to acoustic (Nick Drake, Badly Drawn Boy) sounded unbelievable. It was clearly one of the best systems I have ever heard - better than mine even and I don't come across that very often at a dealer.
It is warm and rich but has all the detail. It's a combination that left me speechless and I have never heard a system that could tread the fine line between space and dynamics.
I also compared the DA50S in the same system and it was just about as good but a little less body and density to the image. Definately the same style of sound though. They had a JOR there too but it was playing Dynaudio Focus 140 speakers and Symphonia cdp. Its sound was like the 88s but again, not as meaty - although the system was different so I won't compare them any further. I left there with a distinct desire to buy something from Jadis and hope that one day I can get out of school and buy myself an 88S.
The Hifi+ review is highly favorable but I haven't read the hifi news review although I don't value their opinion nearly as much.
