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In Reply to: Re: Here is your explanation. I own the Precision Fidelity C7 Preamp, your predecessor.... posted by John Elison on December 16, 2005 at 12:42:40:
Jolida has discovered something but they still make their best products using all tube circuitry. Their discovery is in this case "less is more" but it is not quite as it may seem or as you have suggested. It is simply about cost. Jolida has two goals, one being to faithfully reproduce the musical event in your home (not necessarily the recording but the actual event, a distinction that they are happy to point out); two being the most affordable product to do so. They may not hit a home run with every product they swing at but they have a good batting average.
The whole point of the JD9 is to build a unit that sounds very nice and that is quite affordable. Also one that fits into their system well. Their tube amplifiers are pure tube integrated amps with line level only inputs for the most part. The JD9 is very solidly built and is large enough to be used as a base for these amplifiers even with one of the heavy muthas such as a JD302B or JD502B resting atop. That gives them the required phono input with a separate power supply and substantial shielding (you can read about that in another post) without having the sound get too tubey as vinyl is already quite warm in many systems. Of course using an opamp design makes the cost much lower and packs quite a bit of function and reliability into a small space. I can't argue with them in this regard as I also favor SS phono designs as the critical first stage of gain. What they then choose to do is to warm-up the sound with a tube buffer that really makes the less expensive systems sound a lot bigger than they would otherwise have any right to.
So Jolida's big discovery is realizing what people want and being able to deliver it. That doen't make them the best in a crowded field but it does give them the edge in their market segment and it makes their customers very happy Buddahs indeed.
-Bill
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