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That perfect RIAA match? Jadis content.

Hi all,

I just signed up here as there seems to some users that now their Jadis pretty well.
I have a JOR (Jadis Orchestra Reference integrated) and have recently had a chance to pair it with a EAR 868PL.

The EAR is quite a pre/riaa, works great in the synergy, but I'm wondering what I'd get from pairing it with:

Jadis DPMC mkII

or

Shindo Aurieges

I haven't got a chance to borrow these units in my area.

The JOR is a very cool amp and in many ways seems to be a superb compromise all-things-hifi.
I listen to a lot of jazz, surf, country and indie-rock.

Any thoughts?



howsthefidelity
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bdp24
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The EAR 868PL contains both a phono stage (the "P") and a line stage (the "L", of course), so I don't see how it would be an appropriate addition to an integrated amp. If you are looking at the 868 just for it's phono stage, you are squandering it's line stage, which is excellent. But then so is the Jadis!
howsthefidelity OP
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Thanks. I'm aware of that bdp24. The 868PL can also function like a 88PB (EAR stand alone riaa) but there's a certain story behind why I ended up with the 868PL. 

Are you a Jadis user/owner?
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bdp24
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Not a Jadis owner (a little out of my reach ;-), but listened to Jadis pre and power amps for years at Brooks Berdan's shop. Brooks was (R.I.P.) a long-time Jadis dealer, and always had them in his main room's system, hooked up to Wilson and Vandersteen speakers. I do own an EAR 868L, an over-looked jem of a line-stage pre. Using the phono stage of an 868PL (from it's tape out jacks) is not a crazy idea, but the line stage is so nice it's a shame to squander it! How the 868L compares to the Jadis integrated I have no idea.
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