Description: Full-range push-pull electrostatic with optional dynamic subwoofer. Specs: Frequency response: 30Hz–20kHz ±3dB. Nominal impedance: 4 ohms. Sensitivity: 88dB. Power requirement: 100W.
Dimensions: 66" H by 31.75" W by 23" D (array 2.125" D).
Price: $2995 (1987); no longer available (2017). Approximate number of dealers: 95 (1987).
Manufacturer: Acoustat, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 (1987). Rockford Fosgate, 600 South Rockford Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281 (1990s); company no longer in existence (2017) but see www.audiocircuit.com/Home-Audio/Acoustat…
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Britten: Orchestral Music
Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes; Sinfonia da Requiem
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, conductor.
Angel S-37142. (Stereo/SQ LP). Christopher Bishop, prod.; Christopher Parker, eng.
Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes; Sinfonia da Requiem
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, conductor.
Angel S-37142. (Stereo/SQ LP). Christopher Bishop, prod.; Christopher Parker, eng.
EMl/Angel have come up with demonstration quality sound on this one. The "Sea Interludes" have stood well on their own as a concert piece, and previous recordings have been by Britten (Decca/London) and Giulini (EMI/Angel). Previn's earlier Sinfonia da Requiem with the St. Louis Symphony has recently been reissued on Odyssey, but that version…
Break On Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison by James Riordan and Jerry Prochnicky
544 pages, $20 hardcover. Published by William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
544 pages, $20 hardcover. Published by William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.
Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and The Doors by John Densmore
319 pages, $19.95 hardcover. Published by Delacorte Press, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103.
With at least six books on Jim Morrison and The Doors now on the shelves, five published within the last year to take advantage of tie-in sales on the flowing, copious coattails of Oliver…
"Exquisite" is not a word to be invoked lightly. In the history of vocal music on record, there has been only one singer to earn that appellation—soprano Maggie Teyte, Debussy's second Melisande, whom the great Polish tenor Jean de Reszke dubbed "L'Exquise." To that exalted category must now be added countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, whose latest recording for Warner, The Handel Album, contains some of the most exquisite singing I have ever been privileged to hear.
For his first complete Handel album, the 39-year old countertenor has chosen 13 rarely recorded arias from 10 of Handel's 35…
Ron Cox, Zen master and good friend from Zuni, New Mexico, gingerly navigated the crowded streets of Amp City—the essentially all-tube amp collection sprawled on my listening-room floor between the speakers. Ron had no trouble spotting the four chrome-and-black chassis of the JA 200s. He pointed a tentative finger: "Are those the Jedi?"
Jedi, Jahdee, Jahdiss, Jadiss—I wasn't really sure. But one thing was beyond doubt: These amps indeed befit a Jedi Knight. The oversized transformers, massive chassis, and elegant profile bespeak nobility.
The JA 200 is but one step removed from…
Jonathan Scull reviewed the Jadis in March 1994 (Vol.17 No.3):
Kathleen and I were catching up on our favorite "Mystery" detective one evening, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, in an episode in which Inspector Japp taps his nose, gives Poirot a look, and says, "Better to let sleeping dogs lie, eh, Poirot?" Poirot twitches one of his immaculately cared-for moustaches and delivers a wonderfully charming malapropism, "Non, non, non, mon ami, between reviewers, there should be no sleepy dogs!" Well, he didn't actually say "reviewers"...
The Sleepy Dogs I refer to are the gorgeous, $…
Sidebar 1: Dick Olsher's System
Over the course of several months I was able to test the Jadises with a variety of loudspeakers, particularly the MartinLogan Quest Z, the Nestorovic Type 5AS Signature, and the Mach 1 Acoustics DM-10 Signature. I change speaker cables as often as most people change socks—though I keep returning to TARA Labs RSC.
The front-end featured the Jadis JP 80MC full-function preamp, the Air Tight ATC-2 line-level preamp, the Theta DS Pre digital processor (with signal obtained from Tape Out), and the Basis Ovation turntable outfitted with the Graham Model…
Sidebar 2: Specifications
Description: All-tube power amplifier with a push-pull output stage. Power output: 160Wpc at 1kHz for 0.6% THD into 1, 4, 8, and 16 ohms (22dBW, 19dBW, 16dBW, 13dBW, respectively). Bandwidth at full power: 15Hz–35kHz, –3dB. Bandwidth at 1W: 5Hz–60kHz, –3dB. Input sensitivity: 775mV. Input impedance: 100k ohms. Power dissipation at idle: 480W.
Serial numbers of samples tested: 110576 & 110577.
Price: $18,990/pair (1993). Approximate number of dealers: 20.
Manufacturer: Jadis, Villedubert, France. US distributor: Fanfare International, New York, NY…
Sidebar 3: Measurements
The JA 200's main chassis was quite hot following the 60-minute, 1/3-power preconditioning, but the power-supply chassis barely got warm. The Jadis continued to run hot throughout the other bench tests, suggesting high-bias operation and the possibility of frequent tube replacement (though we have no empirical data to suggest that this will be the case). Its input impedance measured above 600k ohms—high enough to be difficult to measure accurately with our Audio Precision test set. This is unusually high, even for a tube amplifier, and unlikely to cause matching…
The New York Audio Show—really, any audio show within a 100-mile radius of Manhattan—is a chance for this reviewer to hear and see gear of every style and stripe. Right? More important, it's an opportunity to rub shoulders with and learn from like-minded audiophiles and members of my personal tribe: the Stereophile team.
In frigid New York temperatures I walked the many blocks to reach the Park Lane Hotel on Columbus Park South. Whose ever-cheerful face did I spot? Kal Rubinson. Sipping coffee and trading war stories—or, in our case, waiting-for-the-show-to-open stories—we pondered why…