Macallan Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Juicy Music and Class D? Since I have added the Peach II (Lo-Z Mode) to my system (RF-7 and B&K 200.2) I have been curious about what a solid state amp with higher input impedance would sound like in the Hi-Z mode. I have done some looking around and the Channel Islands D200 look interesting. Has anyone tried class D or UcD with any Juicy products? Or tubes for that matter? Channel Island D200: Power Output: 200 watts @ 8 ohms/325 watts @ 4 ohms Bandwidth: 50kHz Frequency Response: 10Hz - 20kHz, +0dB/-0.5dB Damping Factor: >1000 Input Impedance: 100k ohms Gain: 32db (for use with VPC-1 or other passive preamplifiers) or 26db (for use with active preamplifiers) Dimensions: 6.25"w x 5.5"h x 8.0"d Weight: 15 lbs (each) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I used a Peach to drive a Teac three channel tripath unit. 30wpc Thought the sound was marvelous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I've used a Peach to power: 2 McIntosh MC-30's 2 Wright 2A3's 2 Transcendent SE-OTL's (Dee's former) 1 McIntosh MC-2102 1 dbx BX1 1 dbx BX3 2 Crown K2's Just wore my Juicy Music tee shirt yesterday!! Sounds great at my place too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I’ve reviewed the Juicy Music pre-amp with have three Class T (analogue class D chip amps), solid-state and tube amps on big ole horns. I think you should use the B&K for the bass and a NOSvalves refurbished vintage tube amplifier for the mid and highs. I reviewed the Trends chip amp and I think it and maybe the high end Sonic Impact is bargain in sound for the money, but they are still not the lush imaging and sweet high-end of tubes on big ole horns. The only things that have better sound for the money is my $5 vintage HK 330B (single transformer) receiver, or my $150 vintage Pioneer 48-pound class A amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho Nacho Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Whoa, I 've review a bunch of stuff but given the bong residue in my skull I can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 The JMA preamps, being tube based, require a fairly high input impedance, except for the Peach with the lo-z mode. I have a JMA Merlin and Blueberry Extreme, which both require the Hi Z input on an amp. I normally use a rebuilt Dynaco ST-70 or Moondog 2A3 amps, which sound wonderful with the JMA products. The amp you are looking at should work fine with any of the JMA preamps, since it has a 100k ohm input impedance. Whether or not they sound good together is another matter entirely. Most SS amps haave a very low input impedance, which coupled to the higher output Z of most tube products, causes the bass to roll off. I believe that is why Mark added the low z output on the Peach. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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