Linus should expose JDS labs, they are are one of the worst companies in the audio space

[SS451]

I will mainly be focusing on the JDS atom 2 stack, it is just so awful. It cost like 300 bucks and for that price you can get single unit set ups that blow it out of the water from companies like Fiio and topping. It has this rinky dink power wallwart switch so you have to like reach round it to the cord to turn it off. Even then it is just aggressively mid in sound quality. They don't have a toggle to switch from Hp out to preamp out. I  don't know why this company is sitll in business who buys from them and why ? 

[Dedayog]

13 hours ago, SS451 said:

I will mainly be focusing on the JDS atom 2 stack, it is just so awful. It cost like 300 bucks and for that price you can get single unit set ups that blow it out of the water from companies like Fiio and topping. It has this rinky dink power wallwart switch so you have to like reach round it to the cord to turn it off. Even then it is just aggressively mid in sound quality. They don't have a toggle to switch from Hp out to preamp out. I  don't know why this company is sitll in business who buys from them and why ? 

Can you go into actual detail on their sound reproduction?    All but 1 of your issues is just build quality on ancillary parts of the speaker.

 

I've ben around shitty products that did their one thing very well.  What is "aggressively mid"?

 

 

[Blue4130]

31 minutes ago, SS451 said:

I will mainly be focusing on the JDS atom 2 stack, it is just so awful. It cost like 300 bucks and for that price you can get single unit set ups that blow it out of the water from companies like Fiio and topping. It has this rinky dink power wallwart switch so you have to like reach round it to the cord to turn it off. Even then it is just aggressively mid in sound quality. They don't have a toggle to switch from Hp out to preamp out. I  don't know why this company is sitll in business who buys from them and why ? 

Your take on the sound is interesting. So far, every review from highly regarded sites rate this quite high.

[johnt]

50 minutes ago, SS451 said:

I will mainly be focusing on the JDS atom 2 stack, it is just so awful. It cost like 300 bucks and for that price you can get single unit set ups that blow it out of the water from companies like Fiio and topping. It has this rinky dink power wallwart switch so you have to like reach round it to the cord to turn it off. Even then it is just aggressively mid in sound quality. They don't have a toggle to switch from Hp out to preamp out. I  don't know why this company is sitll in business who buys from them and why ? 

Linus doesn't expose companies. That's not what LMG is about.

 

What headphones are you using these with?

[saintlouisbagels]

11 hours ago, SS451 said:

JDS atom 2 stack, it is just so awful. It cost like 300 bucks

Atom Amp 2 = $129

Atom Amp+ = $99

 

Atom DAC 2 = $129
Atom DAC+ = $109
 

That's not $300.

 

11 hours ago, SS451 said:

you can get single unit set ups that blow it out of the water from companies like Fiio and topping.

What exactly are you comparing the Atom 2 against?

 

Topping A50s headphone amp is $219 and it is BARELY better
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/jds-atom-amp-2-headphone-amplifier-review.49795/
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/topping-a50s-headphone-amplifier-review.16290/

 

Topping D50s DAC is $250 and it is also barely better.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/jds-labs-atom-dac-review.23701/
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-new-topping-d50s-dac.7914/

 

A lot FiiO's amplifiers and DAC's don't come anywhere to JDS or Topping.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-fiio-k5-pro.9118/
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/fiio-r7-android-streamer-review.47234/
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/fiio-btr7-review-portable-dac-hp-amp.36620/

 

FiiO admittedly has a couple of very old headphone amplifiers that perform very well, but they're just headphone amplifiers.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/fiio-a5-portable-headphone-amp-review.10468/

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-fiio-k5-headphone-amp.6824/

 

11 hours ago, SS451 said:

They don't have a toggle to switch from Hp out to preamp out.

That's not a universal feature. The Topping A50s doesn't have that. Most headphone amplifiers just auto-switch.

 

11 hours ago, SS451 said:

Even then it is just aggressively mid in sound quality.

That's like your opinion, man.

 

11 hours ago, SS451 said:

I  don't know why this company is sitll in business who buys from them and why ?

They are literally among the best performing and best value audiophile products on the market. You just love making rage-bait topics about things you don't understand.

[SS451]

7 hours ago, saintlouisbagels said:

They are literally among the best performing and best value audiophile products on the market. You just love making rage-bait topics about things you don't understand.

Yes I m trying to get a massive reaction by triggering the JDS fanbase ? 

 

does JDS labs even have fans, I mean what I say. If I was a troll trying to get reactions I would go after say Lenovo or a company that has both a big and passionate fanbase

[Psittac]

On 12/6/2024 at 6:04 PM, SS451 said:

Yes I m trying to get a massive reaction by triggering the JDS fanbase ? 

 

does JDS labs even have fans, I mean what I say. If I was a troll trying to get reactions I would go after say Lenovo or a company that has both a big and passionate fanbase

I've never owned a JDS product however several of the reviewers I know and respect adore them.

 

What are you comparing it to? First hand?  Audio is very subjective and I've had many stinker headphones but only one stinker dac/amp and that was a $40 dac/amp which can you really expect more?  Everything else I've owned, even a $30 amp has performed very well.

 

If you aren't a fan of the features, that's completely on you for not researching it first.