Jolida CDP "AA Top Fuel Dragster Mod"

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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,508
    edited December 2006
    F1nut wrote:
    ...... but I want it back afterwards.

    I would guess without any parts swapped out too, huh?:D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited December 2006
    LOL....yeah. Maybe I'll make some special screw heads that only I have the tool for.:D
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited December 2006
    SComp:
    This won't be for a review as we just did a Jolida piece. I'll have to ask Jeff about what all was done.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited December 2006
    markmarc wrote:
    SComp:
    This won't be for a review as we just did a Jolida piece. I'll have to ask Jeff about what all was done.
    So, you'll post your impressions / observations here then? Or will you save it for a later issue of AA?
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited June 2009
    Jesse
    Are you ready to sell this to me yet?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,754
    edited June 2009
    These mods are still the most impressive Ive seen, 3 years later.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    going on 5 years now.:smile:
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2011
    Wow, great work Jesse. George, thanks for pulling up this thread.
    engtaz

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited June 2011
    Geez George, what prompted you to dig this up? Since you did, here's an update. Still in my office rig. I had to clean the laser once and replace the tubes....once I think, but other than that she's been a good girl.

    Roy, you heard it at CF.

    Forgot to add that she now sports a black faceplate with the original silver buttons......much sexier.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited June 2011
    Yes, I did here it a CF and was blown away with how well your gear sounded. I also remember telling you that I could never believe that 1C's could ever sound that good.
    engtaz

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    Geez George, what prompted you to dig this up? Since you did, here's an update. Still in my office rig. I had to clean the laser once and replace the tubes....once I think, but other than that she's been a good girl.

    Roy, you heard it at CF.

    Forgot to add that she now sports a black faceplate with the original silver buttons......much sexier.

    Well,,I was listening to mine yesterday,,which is similar to yours,,and I'm toying with replacing the caps(mine have the MIT's) with Mundorf or Jenzen PIO's,, apparently it's very,very,,capacitor sensitive,,,(midrange),,and it's a very good thread to "model" a source upgrade.Also-- the thread just re-enforces a point often overlooked(which you point out well),,source,source,and source.Do you recall the values of the Mundorf's?
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    Not to muck up this thread with pic's of mine,I removed the tube
    'thingy's" today.Mine has 3.0uF MIT caps as well as some smaller MIT's too.I'm running some RFT's,,gonna try some Tung Sol 5751's next.Thanks Jesse for sharing your work.I know,,EI goldpins,,eh?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited June 2011
    george daniel wrote: »
    Well,,I was listening to mine yesterday,,which is similar to yours,,and I'm toying with replacing the caps(mine have the MIT's) with Mundorf or Jenzen PIO's,, apparently it's very,very,,capacitor sensitive,,,(midrange),,and it's a very good thread to "model" a source upgrade.Also-- the thread just re-enforces a point often overlooked(which you point out well),,source,source,and source.Do you recall the values of the Mundorf's?

    Agreed, excellent point.

    The stock caps were 3.3uF. I used the same value.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited June 2011
    Jesse, have you thought about modding these on the side? With the Jolida.net sale there's a lot of owners on the forum.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited June 2011
    I don't have the time. However, I did make a list of the parts required, were they go, sources, etc. for someone in the past. If anyone wants a copy, let me know.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited June 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    I don't have the time. However, I did make a list of the parts required, were they go, sources, etc. for someone in the past. If anyone wants a copy, let me know.

    Do you know of any good shops or people I can't send mine into to get modded?

    Thanks
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    Thanks Jesse for the cap values,,,Leroy,,aside from re-clocking(mine had that mod already),you should be able to upgrade the caps,or have someone local perform it for you,I played around with mine today,and it does not look too intimidating,,I'll post some pic's after I re-cap mine if anyone likes.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2011
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Do you know of any good shops or people I can't send mine into to get modded?

    Thanks

    Just get a soldering iron Leroy.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited June 2011
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Do you know of any good shops or people I can't send mine into to get modded?

    Thanks

    Parts ConneXion does mods on the Jolida's. However, they will no longer add a clock saying that it makes the player unreliable, which is horse hockey. Maybe the clocks they were using were unreliable as I've never had a problem with the Trichord clock.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited June 2011
    He's Bad and He's Nationwide.......

    RT1
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    edited June 2011
    Nice job Jess, I must add when you set out to do something,you do it up right. Very sweet indeed.
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  • BDT
    BDT Posts: 212
    Just as an update..... this unit has been in my rig for a few years now and can say that it is probably the ONE item I have that I can see being upgrade proof.

    It all starts with a good source, brohams....

    BDT
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    I'm glad you're enjoying it and I know it went to a good home.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited September 2019
    Well this is a very cool thread! Nice of @BDT to bring it back up after 13 years for us newbies to read. Very cool mods Jesse!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    Hard to believe that was 13 years ago.

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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    Nice mod, Jesse.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,044
    Lots of the posts are from members who are no longer.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    A bump for a great read about a STELLAR piece of kit that I still enjoy almost daily.....
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    edited April 2021
    Indeed it is, and I regret not snagging it before you. One occasionally comes up for sale and some are hesitant because it's not a SACD player, go figure. Jesse's though was the bomb and I still don't get why even sold it.

    One thing I learned over the years, is when F1NUT decides to upgrade something, anything....there is no half **** job to be had, he goes balls out .
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    Tony, it was part of my all tube office rig, which wasn't getting much use most of the year due to the heat it put off, so I decided to sell all that gear except the speakers.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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