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Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
butler, sorry for this very late reply. I was so busy with Axpona that I did not really check the thread. We had two rooms and our big room received top 5 from J. Valin and the best cost no object analog setup awards.JA30 MKII have the bass that i... 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
Gwalt, yes, my comments are are based on KT150. Butler, absolutely! I listened to the whole Dark Side of the Moon (great Japanese pressing) and regardless of it being one of the most difficult records to reproduce correctly, the amps did a spectac... 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
P.S. The cables are Stealth Sakra V12 and Dream V14 with tuning rings. 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
Butler, you are welcome to visit any time. Gwalt, I am using two preamps : CAT SL1 Legend and Jadis JP200.Currently, I have the amps driving the 100K Marten Coltrane 3. They just came back from Michael Fremer for the upcoming Axpona. It is the onl... 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
Butler, after living with the amps for a while now, I must state that they are better then any older Jadis amps I ever heard, regardless of the price or the power rating. As I mentioned before, they retain the usual Jadis seductivness in the midra... 
Preamp... Solid State or Tube
Besides being one of the greatest preamps ever made regardless of price,  CAT SL1 Renaissance can be had with a unique HT bypass mode. It works with the preamp in off mode so you do not burn the tubes. Let me know if you wish to discuss. Dealer di... 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
Gentlemen, I should have the amps by the end of this week. I will post the updates after the initial break-in.  
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
paul79,Yes, the shortcoming you are stating were there and yes, there are taken care of. It sounds nothing like the QBD76 sounded.jwm,I like what Dan Wright does and his modified Oppo is very good. However, when you compare Oppo as a stand alone u... 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
butler,I have heard the amps in Europe just recently. I think MKIII was more of the North American designation and was short lived anyway. I will certainly let Bluebird know your wishes. I will also put the retail prices on my website as well - I ... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Dave retail price is $13300. $16000 is with the matching stand.  
Best DAC for pcm files
We have the first Chord Dave DAC In North America for evaluation. All we can say that it is absolutely stunning and easily compares to 100K systems by Esoteric and DCS. Lots of DACs nows day are optimized for DSD playback but they aren't as great ... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
We have the first Chord Dave DAC In North America for evaluation. All we can say that it is absolutely stunning and easily compares to 100K systems by Esoteric and DCS. Lots of DACs nows day are optimized for DSD playback but they aren't as great ... 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
daveyf, 1) the warranty varies depending on the model. The output transformers are guaranteed for life. The problems you are referring to were mostly associated with manual bias defy 7 (often caused by bad tube rolling and improper biasing), and b... 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
gwalt,the new generation is considerably more transparent and "modern" sounding without loosing any of the famous Jadis midrange magic. There is considerably more extension and air on the top and tha bass is as extended as it always was, except it... 
Jadis JA30 Mk2, how great???
gwalt, my apologies for misspelling your handle in the previous post.