Jolida 100 vs Eastern Minimax

If you can spend that much, you might instead look at Cary, Naim, Muse, or the sort. I replaced my JD-100 with an Audio Aero Prima, and could not be happier.

The Jolida is an excellent player, but if you are willing to spend $1500 you can get better authority and dynamics from other players.

I agree with Boa2 in that there are several other options at your price range. Naim CD5, Cary 308T to name a couple. I picked up an Audio Note CD3.1x here on A-gon (towards the upper end of your price range) and am very pleased. Excellent dynamics, great bass and midrange and a silky smooth presentation. BTW, I had previously posted over at AA asking for opinions on how my AN player compares to the Jolida and EE players and those that had heard all three said the Audio Note smoked the others. Of course, YMMV.

Good luck!

I recently replaced a Jolida JD100 with a Consonance 2.2 and Quad 99 CDP. Both are a solid improvement over the Jolida, without costing much more used.