Jadis amps and pre-amps still competitive?

Performance wise they are excellent.

Price may not be competitive (imported, heavy weight gear with duty and a middle man) but workmanship and musicality have always been their strong suit and I suspect they are equal or better than the last time I auditioned them.

Like much of the USA heavy duty tube gear, maintenance and repairs are more frequent and expensive than state of the art transistor.

That could be a factor, especially this time of year and with USA economy being a bit sluggish.

The reason you haven't heard about Jadis for awhile is that they have not had an importer for many years, ever since Viktor Goldstein ceased bringing them into the US. Viktor does have a stash of parts, however, and the amps are due back before long. The price has increased due to the exchange rate, but that's true of everything made in Europe.

Still competitive in terms of sonic performance and proud of ownership, but entry ticket is higher than other competitive companies as those you mentioned.

Fernando

Competitive? Yes, very. Frank Garbe took over distribution of Jadis in the mid 90's and didn't advertise/market in the same fashion that Victor had. It's a little sad because the 200's are one of the best sounding amplifiers out there, in my humble opinion.

On a side note, Victor used to have a technician named DaHong that would fly to your location and perform factory mods to Jadis gear, (it wasn't cheap). What ever happened to DaHong?