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JDS Labs Atom Phono - love but 1 issue

I just wish they made a suitable power amp I could pair with the Atom - perhaps that will come in time. Thanks to all for the help!
Would love that option as well and/or a more versatile HP preamp with switchable speaker/sub outputs (rather than having to unplug the headphones). When I asked John about that previously, he gave the impression that they use powered speakers, so power amps aren't part of their normal signal chain. For now I've paired my Atom 2 DAC/HPA with a Buckeye power amp and they work very well together. That's another great company with local support and service.
 
I have a similar situation with my turntable, and have eliminated nearly all the noise by running a ground wire from the phono preamp ground terminal to a ground connection in an electrical socket.

If you do this take great care to ensure you are connecting to ground and not live or neutral. I removed the live/neutral pins on the plug to be sure - we can do that in the UK. :cool:

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I have to do something similar with my Rega turntable.
 
Replacement unit arrived today and simply swapping the original for the replacement immediately solved the problems. Just to make sure I wasn't crazy I went ahead and swapped back to the original and the problem was immediately audible even at moderate listening levels. Very glad this problem resolved itself. I'm still eager to have more time with the Atom and have a more realistic comparison with the Pluto 2. Can't say enough good things about communicating w/ John @ JDS - one of the main reasons I prefer to spend a bit more and work with a small company based here - the human connection is very much appreciated. I just wish they made a suitable power amp I could pair with the Atom - perhaps that will come in time. Thanks to all for the help!
I recently bought a Schiit Gjallarhorn amp and can recommend that to you. Also bought their new Saga 2 preamp. Both of these are nice products for the $ if you don't need a ton of power. I wonder if JDS will ever make a speaker amp, I love their products but this certainly does not seem to be anything they are hurrying to do.
 
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