I have been a fan of JPS cables before my Naim conversion, and recently bought some JPS Labs jumper cables for my speakers. While looking for literature, I noticed from
http://www.jpslabs.com that they claim Naim Audio loves their cables. Can Naim Audio vouch for this ? Which cable is recommended ? Below is the text (Naim Audio is in <<< >>>
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In case you are wondering about compatibility, here is a very partial list of satisfied owners of the following manufacturers' products who have fallen in love with what our products do for their systems:
Classe Audio (two JPS Power AC cords come with every US$15K Omega Series Monoblock Amps), Merlin Music Speakers, Balanced Audio Technology- BAT...(our fully balanced cables are a perfect mate), JM labs, Conrad Johnson, B&K Components, Adcom, Aerial Acoustics, Joule Electra, Mesa, Rega, <<<Naim Audio>>>>, Anthony Gallo Acoustics, Meadowlark Audio, ProAc, Wadia; B&W or KEF (both love our Bi-wires), Thiel (Single Superconductor speaker cable), Infinity Systems, Klipsch (their high efficiency coupled with JPS speaker cables is amazing!), JBL, Krell, Verity Audio, Altis Audio, ATC, Gershman Acoustics, Atma-Sphere, Mark Levinson (we stock right angle AC cords), Mesa Engineering, Joseph Audio, Theta, Martin-Logan (JPS speaker cables are a 'must have'), Meridian, Nagra, Nova, NAD, NHT, Bryston, Quad, Pass Labs (JPS Power AC), Jeff Rowland Design Group, Sony, Yamaha, McCormack Audio, Hales Design Group, Sonic Frontiers, Herron Audio, Dunlavy Audio Labs, and so many more...
Posted on: 22 November 2001 by JosephR
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Originally posted by Mark Dunn:
Hi JosephRRe:
>Stallion, thanks, but I just bought the PS Audio Juice Bar. I guess that Audio Source must be a
>good one ...
...and the verdict is?
Best Regards,
Mark Dunnn
Hi, Mark, first of all, it doesn't screw up the Naim sound and dynamics and PRAT stay as they were. The star-grounding does work (Monster Cable brand used inside) and results in a quieter blacker background, and vocals and instruments sound more natural. I don't believe the hospital-grade parts makes any difference. For those who are curious, they are only called "hospital-grade" to withstand cleaning chemicals found in hospitals that could pose electrical hazards to lesser quality parts.
Compared to my previous supermarket extension block, but with an XLO power cord, total cost at half the price of the Juica Bar, the improvement was only around 15% better.
So, it's really just for plug-n-play guys like me who can't DIY a star-ground configuration, or who don't trust others to do it (it can be hazardous after all if done wrongly), and can't resist the calling to try something ... anyway, at least I don't have to think about it anymore ...
Really can't DIY well, I dreamily cut the thick stock power cord at the wrong end trying to replace the American plug with a non-fused UK plug. So I'm using a non-fused Naim power cord now for the Juice Bar ...
I also tried long time back plugging the 135s into a Chang Lightspeed conditioner I had hanging around, supposedly without transformers, and the 135s couldn't even produce music, just electrical noise, haha ...
Posted on: 22 November 2001 by Manu
Joseph
"In case you are wondering about compatibility, here is a very partial list of satisfied owners of the following manufacturers' products who have fallen in love with what our products do for their systems: "
If you read the text carefully, they say "satisfied owners of ... the products"
It doesn't imply manufacturer. It's quite easy to find an owner of whatever satisfied with whatever.
It doesn't mean anything, that's bull..it.
I'm a NAIM dealer, I'm very satisfied with my Nissan Pathfinder (green) to deliver NAIM gears to my customer. Paul, is it true that Naim recommands Nissan cars?
Nonsense.
Emmanuel
