JDS Labs Element III MK2 Boosted
Silent, powerful and lovely to touch; the argument was always the $449 — and now it only exists second-hand.
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JDS Labs
US-made measurement-focused amps & DACs
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JDS Labs is a US audio-electronics maker founded in 2007 by John Seaber — who started by building a CMoy headphone amp in an Altoids tin — and designs and assembles its gear in Illinois. It is known for measurement-driven, high-value desktop headphone amps and DACs (the Atom and Element lines) and for popularizing the objective-performance approach of the O2/ODAC.
- Founded
- 2007
- Based in
- Collinsville, Illinois, USA
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JDS Labs Element IV
Two independent labs, one verdict: it is transparent and enormously powerful. The argument is about the $549, not the sound.
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JDS Labs Atom DAC 2
A DAC whose entire job is to be inaudible — and it does it. The argument is over whether that job is worth $149.
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JDS Labs Atom Amp 2
A $129 US-made desktop amp that measures near-flawless and out-powers the room — the debate is whether you'd rather have an all-in-one.
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