Jadis DA50S Pure Class A Tube Integrated Amplifier

Description

MY TAKE: Jadis serves up an incredibly seductive presentation that is unique in its ability to convey the emotion and nuance of music. Rich sound to match the elegant design aesthetic. Regarding the I35, this beauty produces thirty-five of the most enchanting pure class A watts imaginable! - Galen Carol

The DA50S is a 30 watt, pure class-A, KT120 integrated amplifier with five line inputs and remote control. Thanks to Jadis' custom-made signature transformers the DA50S delivers a very robust 30 watts, allowing the amplifier to maintain a surprisingly firm grip over moderately difficult to control loudspeakers. The DA50S, where S is short for a Signature model, is one of Jadis' newer generation amplifiers, as such it offers significant chassis, component, and transformer upgrades and is a durable amplifier built to last.

The DA50S produces a rich, silky-smooth natural tone with outstanding transparency and clarity. Bass control is excellent and the amp throws a deep, wide soundstage. With an included remote control, protection fuses mounted on the top of the chassis and full auto-bias, the DA50S is easy to use and easy to love. Available with gold or silver faceplate option at no extra cost.

REVIEWS:

Twittering Machines: Central to the quality of every Jadis amplifier, are the custom made transformers — the transformers are hand-made on a digital winding machine, following the basic principles born from the passion and research of André Calmettes. Jadis keeps its trade secret very carefully. The company does share that their beefiest transformers can handle up to 2500 W of power before saturation. That’s a lot of juice.

I’ve been treated to a number of very fine integrated amplifiers in the barn of late, offering various topologies from all tube, to hybrid, to solid state. With all of their various voices in mind, the Jadis struck me as sounding powerful yet refined. Rich, while not being loose or bloated, controlling the DeVore O/93s with a very firm grip that did an especially nice job down low. The striking thing that captured my attention was a sense of superb ripeness. As if the Jadis was serving up my music at its peak of flavor. Not too dry, not too sweet.

With the Jadis in full control, music could get as big and as loud, and even louder, as I ever cared to go. Voices, spaces, movements, symphonies, quartets, trios, sextets, octets, and minstrel shows (I’m reffing to Tom Waits), anything, anywhere rendered in full scale with plenty of punch, i.e. dynamics, color, and nuance. Add all of these words up, and the result is captivating. It offers up a very healthy helping of finely balanced goodness. Tube amp tropes need not apply, as the DA50S remains in complete control regardless of the scale and complexity of the music under review. When reproduced in a completely convincing manner, music can be intoxicating. The Jadis DA50S Tube Integrated Amplifier is an expert mixologist, converting the recorded event into a rapturously heady experience." - Michael Lagorgna, Twittering Machines, March 2021

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