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JDS Labs Atom 2 Bundle

Name: JDS Labs Atom 2 Bundle
Brand: JDS Labs
SKU: atom2bundle
Price: 289.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 84 (18 reviews)

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Built-in DAC

Headphone Output

USB Audio

USB DAC Mode

We built Atom Amp 2 for those who demand more. Atom Amp 2 is like Atom Amp+ on steroids. It's housed in an aluminum chassis with an easier to grip knob, featuring both 4.4mm and 6.35mm headphone jacks, failsafe DC protection, and octo-buffers pumping out more than twice the power of Atom Amp+. No noise. Front-mounted controls. Hand matched potentiometers. Custom engraveable. Atom Amp 2, your new go-to headphone amp. This bundle includes everything you need to get started with Atom Amp 2 and Atom DAC 2.

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Professional Reviews 84/100

Nicely Roasted

Sound Quality

84/100

Build Quality

80/100

Features Usability

83/100

Value for Money

85/100

The JDS Labs Atom 2 Bundle delivers a remarkably transparent, uncolored desktop foundation, letting connected headphones and speakers speak with their own voice. Audiophilepure highlights its immensely clean presentation and thoughtfully executed DAC stage, making this an especially compelling compact stack for listeners who value tonal honesty, clarity, and engineering over needless sonic flavor.

What Reviewers Are Saying

"The Atom DAC 2 sounds transparent and uncolored."

— Audiophilepure

Pros

Exceptionally clean, transparent, and tonally uncolored presentation that preserves the character of connected gear.

Carefully implemented DAC stage earns praise for delivering strong performance from the established ESS 9018K2M converter.

SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 84/100

The available review portrays the Atom DAC 2 component of the bundle as notably clean, transparent and free of added coloration. It provides no direct listening detail on dynamic impact, background noise or performance with different headphone loads, so those aspects remain less clearly documented.

Transparency Resolution

90/100

Audiophilepure calls the Atom DAC 2 “transparent and uncolored,” and says it is immensely clean. The reviewer also praises its ability to reflect associated gear without saturation, indicating a clear and revealing presentation.

Tonal Balance Musicality

88/100

The review describes an uncolored presentation that does not impose saturation or obvious character on the connected system. This points to a neutral, faithful tonal balance, although the review offers little detail about timbre, warmth or long-session musical engagement.

Dynamics

80/100

The review is enthusiastic about cleanliness and transparency but does not specifically discuss transient attack, punch, headroom or macro-dynamic authority. There is therefore little direct listening evidence on how the bundle handles demanding dynamic swings.

Noise Floor

80/100

Audiophilepure describes the DAC as immensely clean, but does not explicitly report on hiss, hum or silence with sensitive headphones and IEMs. The available comments do not establish how quiet the amplifier section is with very efficient loads.

Headphone Compatibility

80/100

No headphone pairings, gain behavior or load-specific driving observations are included in the supplied review. The review therefore gives little direct guidance on use with sensitive IEMs, high-impedance dynamics or difficult planar headphones.

Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.

Build Quality

80/100

The reviewer praises JDS Labs’ implementation, particularly its carefully tuned trans-impedance stage and use of six OPA1692 op-amps. However, there is little direct commentary on chassis construction, controls, connectors, volume behavior or long-term durability.

Features Usability

83/100

This is a separate DAC-and-headphone-amplifier bundle, which gives owners a complete desktop source and amplification chain rather than an amplifier alone. The supplied review does not detail the available inputs, outputs, gain settings or day-to-day controls, so practical flexibility is not fully documented.

Value for Money

85/100

At $289.99, the bundle is positioned as an accessible desktop DAC and amplifier pairing. The review praises the level of implementation achieved with the established ESS 9018K2M DAC chip, but it does not directly compare value against competing stacks at this price.

Reviews

Online Reviews & Mentions

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9/24/2021

YouTube Reviews

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsKZQySBjb0

Golden Sound

My setup and approach to reviews (Thank you for 1000 subs!)

3/23/2021

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sco6COrb4dA

Joshua Valour

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2/26/2019

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_P2yKOcRDc

Joshua Valour

JDS ATOM vs LIQUID SPARK

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21twazrGX5Q

Joshua Valour

JDS Labs ATOM Review

3/4/2019

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WEqatlv-10

DMS

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3/9/2025

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2mzz69YjFw

DMS

$100 BUDGET AMP ROUNDUP!!!

2/4/2019

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-D5Tv5u6xI

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3/14/2021

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKXi4Fq1pcc

hifiheadphones

News Round - Samsung Galaxy Buds, JDS Labs Atom, Shanling M2x and MORE!

2/27/2019

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpqoZKp_PLw

DMS

Best $100 Amp? JDS ATOM - REVIEW

11/30/2018

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVEM_WYhbv0

DMS

2018 HiFiGuides HEADPHONE Awards! DMS & Z Reviews

12/22/2018

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4L4L07h9xo

IWII Reviews

JDS Labs Atom review (vs Schiit, Fiio, EarMen)

5/10/2020

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=655zpdYZyuE

Z Reviews

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2/5/2020

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgFqYdMKXM

Z Reviews

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1/15/2019

Thumbnail of the video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e566rUoYeDM

Z Reviews

Z Review - JDS Atom vs Liquid Spark

11/30/2018

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Addicted to Audio — online and in-store — Epping, Victoria, Australia (website)
Audio Magic - EU — online and in-store — Wola, Województwo mazowieckie, Poland (website)