Differences in Jolida JD-100's?


Hey,

I just bought a Jolida JD-100 from Underwood Hi-Fi. I love the player, but I just got curious about all the distinction suffix characters on the model name, ie. JD-100, JD-100A, JD-100C, etc.

Does anyone know what all the model numbers are and what the differences are between them, and then further how one would go about telling what model they have?

Oh one strange thing about my player was that when I went to replace the stock Chinese 12AX7's with a pair of Sovtek 12AX7LPS's to my surprise a pair of Sovtek tubes were already installed! Go figure...

Cheers!
-Nathan
naschbac

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Hey thanks for all the info guys! :)

I love the player, haven't had a chance to do any tube rolling. I was planning on doing some comparisons between the Sovtek LPS tubes and the stock tubes, but since for whatever reason my player didn't have the typical stock tubes I am just sorta stuck with only knowing one sound :)

I'll look into some 5751's, they tend to be pretty pricey if I recall. Between this player, my ONIX Ref 3's, ONIX A-120 MkII, and CinePro line conditioner I'm a bit low on funds, and the Sovtek's seemed to have the concensus as being the best tube sound for the money with this player, or at least in the threads I came across.

I'm really loving this thing though. It's very revealing, but I never find myself whincing in pain while listening to even my most horribly mastered albums, and the bass is very clean and tight, which I didn't expect coming from a tube component.

Cheers!
-Nathan
What would you say was the biggest difference between the Sovtek's and the EH's?

The Sovtek's seem to have pretty decent treble extension, they create great well articulated bass, and the mid range is pretty fluid.

I'm just curious what the sonic difference you noted was so I can see if it's a type of change I'd be interested in for my system before I buy another set of tubes :)

Cheers!
-Nathan