Has Jasmine come out with a new phono stage?


I was looking on ebay to purchase the Jasmine LP2.0MkII phono preamp, when I noticed that, for $100 more, there is listed the Jasmine LP2.5DU phono preamp.

Both the ebay listings and the Jasmine website confirm that there is now the LP2.5DU phono stage, with double sets of input terminals (for 2 tonearms). I don't much care about the double-terminals feature, but what caught my eye is the statement "High-precision components, to more effectively reduced the distortion and background noise." It also says "LP2.5DU further upgaded the components based on LP2.0MKII, the result is the more quiet background than LP2.0MKII" The Jasmine website page has a drawing of an erse capacitor, so I suspect they've upgraded caps, perhaps along with some other components. I could find nothing in a Google search.

Does anyone have more info on this new model?
smilemakr

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The capacitors look to be a material upgrade from the LP2.0 which had Solen caps. Below is an excerpt from a website that carries the new Erse C-caps. So, it should have the benefits of the upgraded output caps.

Premium metalized film C-Cap. Due to customer demand ERSE set out in 2007 to develop a new higher quality capacitor than the PulseX. The result was our C CAP line of polypropylene capacitors. The key difference is a much higher quality European film which utilizes extremely pure polypropylene with a 99.99% pure aluminum conductor. No Zinc is used on the conductor layer, only high purity aluminum. Dual stage heat curing methods are used to minimize microphonics as much as possible. A proprietary mixture of materials are used to connect the conductors with three separate layers of spray. This unique method has allowed for extremely low ESR levels and overall improvement in musical tonality and performance. The lead is curled in a large diameter allowing for a large surface area to make a perfect connection to the conductors. The lead is hand soldered by skilled craftsman utilizing audio grade silver solder.
The C CAP has been reviewed by many high end audio engineers and their conclusion is that the C CAP offers higher great musical performance at a cost half as much as our competitors.
Why not acquire Jantzen Superior Z-caps (Silver & Gold are options)? These are tested and proven high quality? Check Humble Hifi Cap Tests. Also, Focal uses these capacitors in their Utopia speakers. They are a European brand and likely, easy for you to acquire. There are also other excellent caps listed on the Humble Hifi site for which you can use.

Troels Gravesen uses the Jantzen capacitors in his most of his speaker and amplifier systems.
Hi Nandric, Let me know what you think of the Jantzen Silver. 20 EUR/cap is not too expensive when purchasing only 2.