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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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Here's the interaction I just had with the ebay vendor, which sheds a bit more light on the changes in the new Jasmine phono stage:

Dear szeastsun,

Compared to your LP2.0MkII model, what components have been upgraded in the LP2.5DU model? Aside from the option of plugging in two tonearms, what benefit will the new model provide compared to the LP2.0MkII?

- smilemakr

Dear smilemakr,

Major improvment:
1. Warmer and thicker mid-frequency
2. better S/N rate, mean more quiet backgroud
3. used better accuracy components

Best regards,

Michael

- szeastsun

Well, there you have it. Maybe I won't have to open up the new model and change the caps, as some owners of the LP2.0MkII have done, to get a similar improvement! I still didn't get any clearer understanding of exactly what changes were made to the MkII model.
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