JOB 225 2-channel Power Amplifier ... update ...

I found the issue. I had to re-route the cable from the Ref to the Job.
It does run HOT. Hopefully as others have found, it will not get as hot as it breaks in.
 
Sounds great, but not perfect in my system. I guess I am just a tube guy... I listed it in the classified amplifier section, if someone wants to save $300 on a brand new amp and cord.
 
My Job arrived this afternoon. It's burning in right now. It does run quite warm but let's see how it copes at normal listening levels. I'm doing the burn in using a Hagtech Frybaby and a passive preamp at fairly low volumes to a spare pair of speakers I have.
 
Congratulations Eric!

Have you listened to it yet? Any opinion?
 
Not yet I'm afraid. Will install it into one of my spare systems tonight to see how it sounds. And you can be sure, I'll be posting my impressions here. :)
 
Thanks guys I am very excited, I love this idea of cheap and cheerful audio :D There are a good group of guys I consider dear friends that follow this train of thought as well (don't need to mention all the names you know who you are :hi:). Sometimes the gear is a giant killer and sometimes not so much LOL, in fact more often than not, not so much. But I have high hopes for the Job, the Ncore was the last latest and greatest, which I purchased and while good it was not the say all end all. My next purchase will be the new Chord EX, I have already pick up a Paul Hynes PS for it. It is suppose to be to DAC's what the Job is to amps (if that makes sense). It is a great journey is it not?
 
Congratulations Guy! This is very exciting! Can't wait for your opinion.
 
Joe, is this the thread that won't die ??

Seriously, I'm glad such a great little amp can be enjoyed by so many !!!!!
 
Joe, is this the thread that won't die ??

Seriously, I'm glad such a great little amp can be enjoyed by so many !!!!!

I hope so! It's a great amp and love mine more now.
 
Joe and others. The latest news I got about future developments. Preamp possibly by June. Monoblocs perhaps year end.
Dac development I heard about from an Aussie…didnt ring a bell with them. LoL

When I have time, I will give some details on the Apologue demo.
 
They cant even build stock for the power amp! They are all sold immediately! Even the unit I saw today was pulled out of production just to show to me. It goes out tomorrow for a customer.

Job will never take production priority over Goldmund stuff, so maybe in the Summer there will be a chance for them to get ahead of the demand curve?

I did get my own suggestion in….an Integrated amp with a simple remote! That is the killer app in my book. It seems to spark some interest with the R&D gentleman.
 
I have several days on my Job225 now and there are subtle changes taking place. I am driving it with a custom handmade variable output dac with custom National semiconductor output chips that were never released, high end of the high end. The amp has really good base control, pitch and subltle harmonics from percussive instruments and I now know that I don't know what it will fully develop into it until the break in is complete. It is not dark like many high end amps, it has the speed of solid state with a sweet neutrality of unusual an intense naturalness., in other words unlike anything I've heard. Many years ago I had a handmade amp powered by a trickle dc charging system to keep ac grunge out of the signal path. There is a sophistication to the sound that sneaks up on you because at first it is not obvious. The dynamics are there but seem somewhat subdued because they don't jump out at you , it all goes into giving a balanced presentation but I hesitate to assume it is done with it's magic transformation yet. My system that started out besting the presentation of my Sennheiser HD800 headphones and is now going somewhere else, and I can't even guess where that will be. I know this all sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo and it is and isn't, I just don't know what changes will continue. It has been my contention that the majority of system distortions originates from wire interaction and the signal traveling through the wire I personally think that the signal going through my wire (that is too small to be seen with the naked eye) does something to bring linearity to the signal by physically controlling signal boundry. By controlling the path of the sine wave and restricting the path of how it gets from point a to point b and If the wire is indeed the major weak link then it follows that there is much to be learned from this concept. This is my opinion based upon observation over the last 40 years. People on other forums, scoffed and laughed at the basis for my patent, but I did receive a patent solely on the diameters of wires as small as .000249 inches in diameter. I and other people believe that the wire that I use does virtually nothing to alter the signal path, but that is my opinion and cannot be faulted by others that think there is no science to support it. It is simply my opinion. People are still judging wire based upon inductance, resistance and capacitance first identified 75 years ago. I would love to get together with other audiophiles that would like to hear what I am claiming because hearing is believing. All that we know is usually in our living rooms and speaks for what we know. I got banned from another forum for not observing forum rules and I hope that is not the case here. I have all the good intentions in the world.
 
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