Jadis DA88S 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 I88, this beauty produces 90 of the most enchanting pure class A watts imaginable! - Galen Carol

The DA88S MkII features numerous components and chassis upgrades and a totally new board. It's a robust 60 watt, pure class-A, KT120 integrated amplifier with five line inputs and remote control included. Thanks to Jadis' custom-made signature transformers the DA88S can effortlessly drive all but the most difficult loudspeakers.

The DA88 produces a warm and rich yet very detailed fast sound with tremendous dynamics and a large soundstage, and was named The Absolute Sound Product of the Year winner for good reason. Available with gold or silver faceplate option at no extra cost.

REVIEWS:

The Absolute Sound: "The Jadis DA-88S Mk II is not a good tube integrated amplifier. It is a superb one. It deploys KT-120 output tubes—a total of eight—to deliver a very robust 60 watts that can drive big loudspeakers like Wilson’s XLF with aplomb. The DA-88S Mk II is self-biasing for ease of use and features a balance control, something that has gone out of fashion but can be quite useful. Its imposing hand-wound transformers clearly have a salubrious effect upon the purity of the sound. The Jadis allies liquidity with great dynamic power. Its sonic character is worlds removed from current solid-state designs. This is a unit engineered by and for tube lovers. The resolution, palpability, and, above all, sense of sweep conveyed by the Jadis are seldom less than glorious." - Jacob Helibrunn

"If I’ve dwelled on the speed and power of the Jadis, it’s because this unit does such a convincing job of banishing many of the prejudices and reservations that a number of audiophiles harbor about tubed equipment. I could start picking nits—the sound is not quite as grainless or ethereal as the vastly more expensive Ypsilon gear in my listening room—but that would be totally beside the point. This integrated amplifier will more than likely prompt you to abandon any lingering snobbish thoughts you might be harboring about equipment that isn’t stratospherically priced. It offers great performance for any amount of money, delivering the whole package—a coherent, thoroughly thought-out sound. Indeed, as you might expect from its previous efforts, the Jadis has a beautiful tone color, a limpidity, a gracefulness, and tenderness. But what makes the DA88S so distinctive is that it builds on these traditional strengths to offer an amplifier that is so palpably powerful, vivid, and authoritative that listening to it can become an utterly engrossing experience. So it was for me."- Jacob Helibrunn

HiFiChoice: "The Jadis DA88S sound is so harmonically rich, it brings out the musician and the dancer in all of us. This amp gets past the normal hi-fi perspectives and simply plays music with passion."

SPECIFICATIONS:

Type: Integrated amplifier with optional remote control
Bias: Automatic
Power: 60W class-A
Inputs: 5 inputs
Speaker Connections: 2 speaker output (for bi-wiring)
Bandwidth 10 Hz to 29 KHz
Sensibility 120 mV
Number of blocks 1
Tubes list 8 x KT88/KT120/6CA7 2 x ECC83/12AX7 3 x ECC82/12AU7
Dimensions: 20" x 16" x 8.7"
Weight 88lbs
Consumption 360 W