JC2BP Preamp

Nothing Between You and the Music Drop the JC2BP into your chain and everything relaxes into focus. Voices feel present, transients snap without glare, and the background goes inky‑black so your sources breathe. If you already love your DAC, phono stage, or streamer, this is the control center that lets them shine—no digital extras, just pure analog grace. Designed by John Curl, the JC2BP is a dual‑mono, all‑analog line stage built to disappear: direct DC servo‑coupled (no capacitors in the signal path) with hand‑matched complementary FETs, a premium four‑gang motor‑driven volume control plus TKD left/right trims, and both balanced XLR and RCA I/O (including an inverted RCA out). It adds a true Home Theater Bypass that locks out volume for seamless L/R integration with a surround processor, and it’s integration‑ready with 12V triggers, IR, and RS‑232. Praised by reviewers “Then I began to appreciate how much it did right and how little it did wrong.” — Stereophile (John Atkinson). “Ab