Shindo and Joule Electra Preamps

I tried Shindo before I bought LA-300ME (I don;t remember the model but it was about the same price) and I liked its sound. I liked much, much, more LA-300 but it may be personal

The main reason why I did not go to investigate further lies in the philosophies of both companies.

Shindo build their unit based on old unique parts which produce excellent synsrgy between them. Now, if company is closed and I need new part for repair - where will I get it. If I want upgarde it 10 years later whi will do it, if its based on unique parts synergy?

all J-E pre or power ampsare based on Jud genius design but all parts are the latest and the best. Good example that Simon Thacher was main evaluator of copper teflon caps (see - review section of v-cap.com) and even now he is evaluating something new which might or might not end up in production... Moreover, there are number of modifiers here who KNOW Jud designs and always can do , at least part sabstitute if will be need in future upgrades.

Good Luck

" The concern you raise about repair/parts is valid, but owners of Shindo equipment have posted in few threads that it is not a concern as Shindo has been around for years and provided repair/replacement service"

The fact that Shindo has been around and provided (excellent) service is NOT my concern at all.

My concern was (now I don;t care) if Shindo will be gone then WHO in states can repair their equipment with their UNIQUE parts? There are plenty of such people for Joule-Electra needs on other hand. if I am wrong then my apologies.

" I compared both at my dealers store and the JE was very veiled/rolled off and completely lacking in lower register harmonics and resolution. ie. mushy bass syndrome. I knew this to be a problem in my system and the culprit was the preamp"

I am sure monbrison is excellent preamp. However, reading that JE was "completely lacking in lower registry" is totally contadict to Harry Pearson review where he raved (RAVED) about JE bass.

Another one (Frontier1) wrote: "By way of Interest I tried the SE version of the 150 and prefered the MKii. "

It is not a secret that Mk2 is much more lush then SE which is much closer to the true acoustic sound. Again Harry Pearson (while giving HP 2010 Editor Choice Award to very similarely sound LA-300ME) noted that this is most romantic preamp without any euphonic coloration.

It is not a crime to love more euphonic (lush, warm) coloration of Mk2 but the reader of these threads must realize that different people have different tastes and....different experience in attending the LIVE concerts.

Everybody can and should, I guess, write their observations but "buyer beware" !!!!!

OK, here is mine: I owned BAT REX before I bought JE-300ME and love it (LOVE IT!!!!) - but I would never ever say that REX is bad or "badder" preamp. Just different sonic signature.