The JD 100MKII Pro features an exquisite full-aluminum chassis with meticulous craftsmanship, delivering an extraordinary and premium presence. Its robust build weighs in at 12.5 kg. The top-loading turntable design is elegant, refined, and romantically distinctive.

 

It employs a high-precision Sanyo CD mechanism paired with an in-house developed servo control system, ensuring accurate data reading with extremely low error rates. The rear-panel rhodium-plated RCA outputs guarantee pristine sound quality.

 

At its heart lies the renowned ESS9018 professional DAC chip, renowned for its maturity and stability. The output-stage analog circuitry is rigorously engineered, with highly optimized signal processing that yields vivid musical timbre, a wide and three-dimensional soundstage, and greatly enhanced musical resolution. Meticulously selected resistors and capacitors ensure exceptional channel balance and precise soundstage localization.

 

The unit supports equivalent dual analog outputs via RCA and XLR. Its fully balanced amplifier circuit uses two 12AU7 tubes for low microphonic, low-gain amplification, while two 6922 tubes operate as cathode followers to provide low output impedance and high driving capability. Musical dynamics are significantly enhanced, with authentic reproduction of fine details. The low-impedance output unleashes ample dynamics, empowering the subsequent power amplifier with surging energy.

 

The JD 100MKII Pro is an outstanding tube-analog-output CD player. It also includes a digital output interface, allowing users to connect an external standalone DAC for further sound quality improvement.