Jadis amps and pre-amps still competitive?

Hi Sir.
Here is the letter we sent about the Jadis distribution in the USA.:

Pierre Gabriel Acoustic Inc, Signs US Distribution agreement with Jadis Electronics of Villedubert, France

Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, October 25, 2004.

Pierre Gabriel Acoustic Inc is pleased and honoured to announce they have acquired exclusive distribution rights to Jadis Electronics in the USA.

Jadis Electronics of Villedubert, France is a manufacturer of renowned, High End tube based electronics. They offer a wide product line that meet tube enthusiast’s needs around the world.

Pierre Gabriel Acoustic Inc has been in business since 1990 and is a manufacture / distributor of its own line of high end loudspeakers and silver wire interconnects.

We also have years of exclusive distribution rights in Canada for “Jadis” and “The Gryphon” lines of electronics.

We have recently relocated to a more spacious working environment to accommodate this new distribution agreement.

Our future goal and commitment is to setup agreements with reputable High End audio retailers across the US to distribute the Jadis line of products.

This will insure product availability and service to all present and future Jadis owners across the US.

In recent years, we have heard from many, that this product was in much demand but hard to evaluate without being seen nor heard.

We look forward to changing this situation and fulfilling everyone’s Jadis requirements.

For further details, please contact:

www.pierregabriel.com
Distribution@PierreGabriel.com

PIERRE GABRIEL ACOUSTIC INC.
110 Boul. des Entreprises
Boisbriand,Québec,Canada
J7G 2T3
Phone : (450)430-1485
Toll Free:(877)430-1485

So, Pierre, inquiring minds WANT to know.

Aside from the press release, is there a dealership potentially on the way in the NYC, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware area in the near term???

I know that one guy currently at my dealer (Mike O'Keefe) probably sold more Jadis than anyone in the country for many years when he was at Audio Outlet, and he's the guy who sold me my JA80s and my JP200. I'd nominate him, if the dealer is interested in carrying the brand again. But in all honesty, it may take a bit of work, including a good repair facility network, to undo some of the damage done to the brand name in the past few years.

I have a DA8 and i've always thought it was auto bias. If it's NOT, how do i bias it?? I don't see any little screws or terminals for the voltmeter.

Can someone kindly enlighten me?

Thanks.

Eps, to be truthful, when would I bias my Jadis Orchestra
Reference, it never needed as much adjustment as I expected.

In fact, I just switched from Ei KT90 to JJ E34L, and despite the monumental difference in tubes, I was astonished about how close to being in the new tubes actually were. They were just outside of spec (89 mV, range is 95 - 120 mV, preferably 110 mv), which is probably not that big a deal.

Hopefully, Pierre will chime in on biasing.

I would like to offer that if the DA5 uses the same procedure as the JOR, I have created a document, complete with pictures (because they are truly worth a thousand words) on the bias procedure. It's probably six pages, with maybe 8 or so pictures. I would be more than happy to publish it here on Audiogon.

I had received a document from Jadis, but it was not very intuitive. Because I was selling the amp to Springbok10, I wanted to be sure that the procedure was crystal clear (and again, a picture is worth a thousand words).

In my opinion, the biasing itself, once learned (not at all intuitive), is incredibly easy (the pictures make it easy, even for a first timer). The difficulty lies in that you must remove the bottom and sides with the JOR. It's the reassembly that I HATED! Knowing what I know now, I would drill holes (there are already a lot of holes there already) that line up with the resistors and potentiometers, making it a simple, 3 minute procedure. No muss, no fuss.