I have a JOR and gave it to my wife. The JOR has a PASSIVE pre-amp section with no gain. I used a Rotel tuner/pre-amp so that she can have the convenience of remote control. I have the JOR's gain control at about 10 or 11 O'Clock, if that helps you. Everything seems to work just fine and has been for several years in this set up, driving Triangle Titus's. The CD player plugs into the Rotel, so that the Rotels remote controls everything except power on and off.
Jadis Orchestra Ref + Pre-Amp?
Wondering if it is possible to use the JOR as a power amp, with a Pre-Amp and CD feeding in, and whether this would help with the avoidance of clipping - I have no background in electronics, so I'm unsure whether the pre-amplifier boosts the signal in a meaningful way, and if so whether this translates to an easier time for the JOR - the issue at the moment is with solo piano music, where there are large changes in dynamics and a crash of chords brings distortion, which sounds like clipping, albeit 'soft' clipping; needless to add turning down the volume prevents this problem, but then I'm listening at a lower volume level than I've been accustomed. I was warned about the amp being a bit underpowered for the difficult load my speakers represent (Wilson Cubs) - distortion never occurred with a previous, more powerful, ARC amp (D125). I still have an ARC SP9MkIII pre-amp.
If the above is possible, would it be preferable to run the JOR with the gain wide open, and use the pre-amp to attenuate volume, or the other way around?
Thanks for your anticipated help.
Rob.
If the above is possible, would it be preferable to run the JOR with the gain wide open, and use the pre-amp to attenuate volume, or the other way around?
Thanks for your anticipated help.
Rob.