If vinyl is a source of enjoyment, then the JD9A is a versatile tube unit that is sure to enhance your sound. With dim adjustments and two levels of output, you can easily configure the unit into your system, and then the fun begins.

Quality sound cannot cure the ills of the world. So why is the quality of sound important? It is a matter of quality of life. Hearing is one of the five senses and is an important connection to the physical world. We can touch and feel textures with our fingers, our tongues can taste the salt or sweet of life, we can visualize the world around us, smell aromas of perfume, and we can hear the sounds of life around us. Hearing connects our emotional being with other people, with thoughts, with understanding. To lose this sense is to lose an important facet of interaction with the world. So how does it affect the quality of our life. When you listen to music or the sounds of a movie track, is it sufficient to hear tinny sounds or the flabby bass of a substandard electronic system. When you are relaxing with a cup of coffee on an early fall Saturday morning with a light rain coming down, does the sound system enhance or detract the moment. As much as good smells, pleasant surroundings, and visual stimulation can create a positive atmosphere, so too quality sound can significantly contribute to the positive aspects of that atmosphere.

In real estate, there is a saying that when looking for a house you should follow three criteria. Location, location, location. It is not so different when seeking a home entertainment system, the three criteria are quality sound, quality sound, quality sound. We live in an age where the choices fly though the market with this feature, that digital format, this remote control, and that convenience of two hundred programming modes. Most of us have either jettisoned to the dump or filled the closet with goods that seemed “cool” at the time. The material things in life that stay with us are goods that are useful, functional and enhance our lifestyle. Given this type of criteria, our audio/audio visual systems should not mirror the coolest toy or the neatest feature but first and foremost the basic what does it sound like. I am certain that a person would easily forego three hundred programming modes for a system that produced the highest level of quality sound over the years.

6 Moons Review
You read it right. How's that for a sweet sliding scale? After burning it in for a week with the Hagerman Technology FryBaby, we invited our speaker-building partner in crime, Pete, over for the first listen to this unmodified, über-flexible overachiever. All of us spent several hours grinning from ear to ear. Was it perfect? No. Remarkable? Yes and no. Better than anyone has a reasonable right to expect for $450? For certain. The sound was life size, the presentation spacious and the pace admirable. The tone you ask? Convincing. Especially on guitar, vocals and cello. Unheard of in our experience at this price and more significantly, far beyond.

Features:

Phono pre-amplifier that will handle MM, MC and Dynamic head cartridges.

Rated sensitivity at .25 mV – 80 dB.

Two Outputs RIAA, Line stage.

Adjustable gain settings for cartridge type

State of the Art Components: Gold plated RCA inputjacks.

Low profile full body allows the unit to act as a base for your amplifier or turntable

Tube Output

Technical Data:

Frequency Response: 5Hz to 110KHz, (+/- 1 dB)

SNR: > 100 dB

Distortion THD: Less than .02%

Input Impedance: 100Kohms

Output Impedance: 600 ohms

MM: 60 dB, 5 mV

MC High: 75 dB, 0.5 mV – 1.5 mV

MC Low: 80 dB, 0.25 mV – 0.5 mV

Input Resistance: 100 ohm, 300 Ohm, 1Kohm, 47Kohm I

nput Capacitance: 47 PF, 100PF, 150PF, 220PF

Tube Complement: 2 pcs. 12AX7

Size: 17 in. (W) x 13 in. (D) x 2 in. (H)

Weight: 10 lbs., 14 lbs. Boxed

Warranty: One year parts and labor, Six months year on tubes