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Jadis musical value?

If you've heard or owned Jadis amplifiers, I would like your opinion on their performance value. When I see equipment this jewel-like, I tend to question just how much of the manufacturing/design budget was apportioned to performance and how much to aesthetics. Also and more specifically, I have some interest in the Jadis integrateds that come up for resale on Audiogon. Are they recommendable based on their performance alone? Thank you.
phaelon

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t_bone
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I just have a Jadis pre, but it's, like... awesome, dude.
Seriously though, 'musical' seems to mean 'euphonic' these days, and I believe the Jadis pre, at least, is. However it makes beautiful music and I wouldn't want to give mine up without finding something more pleasing to me.
t_bone
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I got a very old JP-80 for about $2500 several years ago. I'm very happy with it and to me it was definitely worth the money. It is not cosmetically perfect (the brass part has a bit of surface corrosion in places) but it sounds wonderful.

If I had to spend full retail to buy it, I wouldn't, but that's because I'm a cheap bastard and I'd be looking for a different great pre-amp at 80% off original retail.
t_bone
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Mine has been. Zero problems so far.
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