Job 225

[joeinid]

My JOB 225 arrives Monday.

Joe, have you had a chance to listen to your JOB yet?

Hi,

My Job 225 arrived last night. They apparently ship overnight from Switzerland once the order goes through. Holy cow! The amp and box arrived in perfect shape via FedEx. The packaging was great and I think more than adequate. Hooking it up was very easy with RCA inputs and solid speaker terminals. The review and manual has a warning that kind of scared me a little.

* Directly from the owner's manual, "the Job 225 is a DC-coupled amp without protection. If it is associated with a badly designed or defective analog preamplifier (often true for tube preamps or some 5-channel processors) the speakers could easily be damaged by DC. The Job 225 doesn't amplify DC but DC applied at the input is passed to the output."

Not wanting to risk my TADs, I hooked up my Andrew Jones designed Pioneer bookshelf speakers and crossed my fingers. These cost under $200 and are superb for the money. I hooked up the Dartzeel preamp to the Job 225 and started playing some music. OMG! to discount this amp on price is just plain stupid. It sounds amazing. Full, warm, detailed without being harsh. It has a HUGE sound stage with depth and layering. I absolutely love it and can say it can compete with amps 5-8X the retail price. This amp makes my Pioneer speakers sing like never before. I've had it playing all night and I am literally in disbelief. I love this thing. It's not the typical SS sound and not the typical tube sound. It has some of the best qualities of both. I guess the bass could be a little firmer but i don't care. It's a great little amp.

 

[flez007]

Ordering one just for fun....

 

[joeinid]

I also ordered the Sweetcord with it but have not tried it yet.

 

[soundArgument]

Thanks for your impressions, Joe! I ordered mine at the end of the day Thursday, and FedEx says it will be delivered Monday morning. Incredible. Can't wait . . .

I'm a little concerned about the DC offset issue, too. I used a multimeter to check my preamp and sources, and everything seems to zero out when powered up. I don't want to blow up my speakers with this thing, and being an apartment dweller, I don't have a second (cheap) pair of speakers for test purposes.

 

[joeinid]

I am not sure and hope others can help out here but some tube preamps and I think even dacs can generate and pass dc.

Thanks for your impressions, Joe! I ordered mine at the end of the day Thursday, and FedEx says it will be delivered Monday morning. Incredible. Can't wait . . .

I'm a little concerned about the DC offset issue, too. I used a multimeter to check my preamp and sources, and everything seems to zero out when powered up. I don't want to blow up my speakers with this thing, and being an apartment dweller, I don't have a second (cheap) pair of speakers for test purposes.

 

[NorthStar]

Adam,

I bought one for fun!

Ordering one just for fun....

See, you're not alone. :b

 

[joeinid]

See, you're not alone. :b

See Bob, it's contagious.

 

[NorthStar]

You're bad (good) influence Joe!

 

[joeinid]

This Job 225 just keeps getting better. My little Pioneer speakers sound like they cost so much more than their $200 price tag. They literally disappear with the Job. If this is how an inexpensive Goldmund designed amp sounds, I'd love to hear their better gear. it must be spectacular.

 

[soundArgument]

This Job 225 just keeps getting better. My little Pioneer speakers sound like they cost so much more than their $200 price tag. They literally disappear with the Job. If this is how an inexpensive Goldmund designed amp sounds, I'd love to hear their better gear. it must be spectacular.

Joe, what preamp and sources are you using with the Job and the Pioneers?

 

[joeinid]

Joe, what preamp and sources are you using with the Job and the Pioneers?

Dartzeel 18NS and Emm Labs DAC2X. I still have not tried my TAD CR-1's on the amp, I'm a little nervous but the Pioneer speakers are working beautifully. No issue with them and DC so I may swap the speakers for fun.

 

[flez007]

Dartzeel 18NS and Emm Labs DAC2X. I still have not tried my TAD CR-1's on the amp, I'm a little nervous but the Pioneer speakers are working beautifully. No issue with them and DC so I may swap the speakers for fun.

That would be the ultimate test!

 

[joeinid]

That would be the ultimate test!

And potentially very expensive repair, sadly.

 

[mep]

So how does the JOB 225 stack up against the higher price spread? I couldn't make it through the 6Moons review because it was way too irritating to me. Does this amp have balanced inputs?

 

[agisthos]

So how does the JOB 225 stack up against the higher price spread? I couldn't make it through the 6Moons review because it was way too irritating to me. Does this amp have balanced inputs?

Srajan's poetry strikes again.

No balanced. Neither does the upmarket Metis 3 have balanced.

 

[mep]

Srajan's poetry strikes again.

No balanced. Neither does the upmarket Metis 3 have balanced.

Thanks for the info. That review was actually making me mad. I don't know how anyone can suffer through any 6moons reviews because their layout is maddening.

 

[mep]

Job says this amp puts out 210 watts into 8 ohms. How about 4 ohms?

 

[soundArgument]

Job says this amp puts out 210 watts into 8 ohms. How about 4 ohms?

The manual doesn't specify output power into 4 ohms.

 

[mep]

The manual doesn't specify output power into 4 ohms.

Interesting. Most SS amps put out appreciably more power into 4 ohms than 8 ohms. On the other hand, some amps don't handle 4 ohm loads very well. This is a Class A/B amp that from what I have read runs very hot. That tells me it is biased towards Class A. This sounds like a really nice little amp, I just wonder how much grunt it has as the impedance drops.

 

[KeithR]

Interesting. Most SS amps put out appreciably more power into 4 ohms than 8 ohms. On the other hand, some amps don't handle 4 ohm loads very well. This is a Class A/B amp that from what I have read runs very hot. That tells me it is biased towards Class A. This sounds like a really nice little amp, I just wonder how much grunt it has as the impedance drops.

Well, it only weighs 15lbs.