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Jadis JA 80 or DA88S -'to be or not to be'

I am planning to buy Jadis JA 80 or DA88S in one or two weeks. Can You help me which one to choose. I have newest dCS Puccini which has preamplifier built-in. I have listened to JA80 (controlled by dCS) and DA88 in dealer and I had an impression that JA-80 is more spacious, more natural but ad home I have only listened to DA88. Is it true that monoblock has 3D soundstage (it is very important for me) ? And what about cables ? I am thinking about higher level cables of Tara Labs (0,8 Onboard ?), Audioquest (Sky ?). Stereovox (SEI600?), Siltech or Fadel Art (Coherence ?). Is this true that silver cables better sound with tubes than copper.

Thanks for good people help
Darek, Poland
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detlof
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Darek,
the JA 80 would be an excellent choice. Silver cables with tube gear are definetly NOT always better sounding. I would go with Stealth Indra cabling. Very expensive but also very neutral. You can find them sometimes here at lesser cost. Your impressions about the monos being more "spaceous" is correct.

Happy listening,

Detlof
detlof
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Microstrip is quite right! I had forgotten, but I had used the XLO signatures with Jadis with very good effect. Highly recommended. In fact they were only bettered by Purist much later, which again even more later I exchanged for Stealth with different gear then.
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