Just ordered the Jungson 88D Luxury Edition.

Well, I have been listening to the 88Ds for two days now. The previous posts about the 88Ds being "lush" is correct. This is the smoothest SS amp I have ever heard. I keep on thinking I'm listening to tubes. So far, it has about 20 hrs of break in time. I'm hearing some fog to the sound, eg the sound isn't as clear and open as I'm used to. I'm attributing this to lack of break in at this point.

Also, this could be due to my new, but temporary, Sony CE595 SACD player I just bought. Both have the same amount of break in time.

Maxx, did you hear this when you first got the amp? How long before this cleared up? Thanks.

Hi Drac, Yes I did. However I didn't notice it at the time because I was going from a Cambridge Audio A500RC amp and the Jolida 202A was a distant memory.

I really didn't bother to A/B with the CA as everthing was better although the clarity was about the same.

After the 100 hour mark I really noticed the difference and commented to my wife that it sounded like 2 or 3 layers of haze had been stripped away from the music. This suprised me because it didn't even realize it was there initially.

Like the BFS review says the amp requires some break in time. Probably about 200 for full breakin.

The Sony I guess is a cheap player till you get the Marantz and its new as well? Yep there definitly will be some clarity issues especially when going from the Shengya CDP to a unbroken in player. Got another very big jump in performance when my Camabrige Audio CDP was replaced by the Eastsound. Almost on the same magnitude as changing amps.

So yes expect a world of difference once your Jungson and Marantz are broken in. I also found that my speakers needed repositioning to sound their best.

BW Maxx

Thanks Maxx. Your input is always helpful. I will be emailing you regarding a private matter.

Your welcome. Look forward to your email.

Maxx, email was sent yersterday. Did u get it?