Help adding Vcaps to Jolida JD100 CD player

Hi Tony,

I would very much agree with Milind here...I have compared the Level 1 and 2 Parts Conn Mod side by side with the stock player. Your gaining a little more dynamics with the mod 1 but loosing a fair amount of midrange bloom and texture that makes the stock player so good. With the Level 2 it really makes the player sound more SS in nature, but gives fantastic dynamics on par with some of the really hi end players. You will definately loose the magic mids though.This will be your call suited to taste, so you definately want to hear it before you mod if poss. The addition of V caps only will change your sound for sure. so its up to you.

I would suggest the tube change that you emailed me about( Ei Yogo Gray Plate ECC-83..(.NOT the Elites or non- gray plate tubes)) and a power cord upgrade to something like a Electraglide Mini Khan Plus or Ultra Khan Rev Statement if you can swing it. Good luck! Ken

Thwang99, So your assumption is that the Jolida CDP in stock form is somehow inferior and needs your intervention.

Why change its sound? You haven't even convinced anyone that this is needed, instead it sounds likt all you want to do is justify getting the soldering iron out. Why not then build circuits from scratch and make something original?

Do not mod that great player. You will not improve the performance but just end up altering the sonic character. And I guarantee you will ultimately regret it.

The caps used as stock are very high quality and, hey if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Do some tube rolling and power cord swapping instead, the Eis are a great suggestion by Kehut. Just becuase it can be done and there are those out there selling these mods for exhorbitant prices doesn't mean it should be done.

Jolida makes great stuff as is for excellent prices. And no I do not work for them but just own both a stock JD100 and JD302B intergrated.

Thwang, do you have or can you point me to a schematic diagram for it?
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Dear Tony: I do severals audio tests with caps: Wima, MIT, Sonicraft, Hovland, Audio Caps, V-caps, etc. and I can tell you that the V-caps have the best music/sound reproduction performance: dead neutral.

Go a head with this mod!!!!!! you will be very satisfied.

+++++ " Do not mod that great player. You will not improve the performance but just end up altering the sonic character. " +++++

This is what Steve told you and I have to ask: why Steve told us that a V-cap can't improve the performance?

Btw, he do other statement: " just end up altering the sonic character " and latter on he write " Do some tube rolling ", and I have to ask again: this tube rolling don't alter the sonic character, too ?.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Rauliruegas makes good points here. My feeling is that why go to the trouble of semi-permanently altering the sonic character of an optimized component when by swapping user serviceable components one can "tune" the unit without permanent alteration.

One independent variable at a time is how one knows what actually makes a difference.