Jolida JD100...giant killer or all hype?

there are no bad $2000 players to speak of

I second Beavis' comments above, but also see if you can find some 5751 triple black mica tubes for it, or something better than the stock tubes. You can not be too picky here cause lots of the 5751 NOS tubes are hard to find.

R.

The JD100 is easy to listen to, but I am not sure it will be an improvement over the audio note dac. I have had the JD100 for about a year and have had a Scott Nixon tube dac+ for about a month. The tube dac+ has a fair bit in common with the audio note dac in terms of minimalist design philosophy. I personally much prefer the tube dac+ over the Jolida- it just sounds more right to me, and feels closer to vinyl in many ways. I have tried quite a few tubes in the JD100, and appreciate its smoothness and soundstaging, but I have never been satisfied with its speed or timing- "PRAT"- always seemed like something important was missing- I aggree with the post above that a Naim might be a better bet if vinyl is the reference.

JD 100 yes its a giant killer, No hype.Especially for
the price.

I think the Jolida JD100 is priced exactly as it should be. I think the player fits in perfectly there.

The giant killer is the Music Hall MMF25. I heard both the Jolida and the Cambridge C640 today at separate friends' homes, and have to say the Music Hall beats them both. While I have a player that retails for 5X the Music Hall's price, it isn't that much better than the Music Hall I also own.