VICTOR Brand CD Players

jives11 · 7th March 2009, 07:27 AM

hi,

I know someone selling a Victor brand cd player. I have never heard of Victor, though the face looks suspiciously like a Philips to me. Anyone know which chipsets the use ? Model is an XL-V231

jean-paul · 7th March 2009, 08:37 AM

That is a JVC ( Japan Victor Company ).

poynton · 7th March 2009, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jives11
hi,

I know someone selling a Victor brand cd player. I have never heard of Victor, though the face looks suspiciously like a Philips to me. Anyone know which chipsets the use ? Model is an XL-V231

It does have a vaguely Philips look about the front but not the back panel. 4 times oversampling.

No SPDIF !

The only info I could find on the range :-

Quote:

JVC XL-V131 LC7881 - YM7121B (filter) OPTIMA-5
JVC XL-V221 LC7881 OPTIMA-5
JVC XL-V242 JVC - JCE4501 - CXD2554P (filter) OPTIMA-5S
JVC XL-V250 PCM56 OPTIMA-2
JVC XL-V264 MN35500 OPTIMA-6S

Not much help but looks like it is not Philips based.

Andy

jitter · 7th March 2009, 04:34 PM

My first CD-player was a JVC XL-V231!
I looked up the receipt (yes, I still have that) and I bought it 11-29-1990. It was not a very expensive player, but well-built nevertheless. My father still uses it on a daily basis and in those 18+ years it has never failed.

But... it doesn't look like the Victor on eBay at all... it looks like this:

The DAC was called "PEM DD converter" by JVC, which was JVC's version of a low-bit converter (which was not unlike Technics' M.A.S.H. DAC).

It has no S/PDIF output and is definitely not Philips based. At the time the Japanese used:
press > first time: PLAY
press > again: PAUSE
and Philips:
press > first time: PLAY
press > again: REPLAY
Philips used a separate PAUSE button.

Malefoda · 11th October 2009, 02:15 PM

FYI:
http://www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/...RCD%20dac.html

I am looking for a cheap CDP right now until I find a spare part/player for mine, maybe I can/shall try one...

three_legend · 20th January 2010, 08:40 AM

I am still using my almost 20 years old Victor CD player XL-V90. Build great, sound great... It is use Burr Brown DAC and Yamaha chipset inside.

tiefbassuebertr · 08:55 PM

where I get parts for the transport "EXU-901A", used e. g. in the Victor XL-Z900?
go to
VICTOR CDƒvƒŒƒCƒ„[XL-Z900‚ÌŽd—l ƒrƒNƒ^[

In this case I have start this thread:
JVC "EXU-901a" (KRELL KPS-25sc Phase Tech CT-1 CT1) better than VAM1254, CDpro2LF ?

By post #6 was mentioned the model "XL-V90". There are no informations online.
by the way - Victor was one of the best japanese brands in the 70th and 80th - look about
http://audio-heritage.jp/VICTOR/

three_legend · 29th July 2010, 05:38 AM

I've photo my CD player, take a look:

tiefbassuebertr · 12:54 PM

Laser unit's (optical pick up's) from JVC's "OPTIMA" series are one of the ones with highest reliability, even by the cheapest 20 year old JVC player models. Until this day I haven't found a "wear and tear" unit from JVC but several hundred from Sony KSS series. The reason therefore is "long-life" lens suspension (no plastic in opposite to SONY) and obviously long life laser diodes.

7th March 2009, 07:27 AM	#1
jives11 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hampshire	VICTOR Brand CD Players hi, I know someone selling a Victor brand cd player. I have never heard of Victor, though the face looks suspiciously like a Philips to me. Anyone know which chipsets the use ? Model is an XL-V231

7th March 2009, 08:37 AM	#2
jean-paul diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	That is a JVC ( Japan Victor Company ). __________________ It's only audio

11th October 2009, 02:15 PM	#5
Malefoda diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2006	FYI: http://www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/...RCD%20dac.html I am looking for a cheap CDP right now until I find a spare part/player for mine, maybe I can/shall try one... __________________ Old simple TT, cheap CDP with wise mods, Class T amp at its best: music!

22nd January 2010, 08:45 PM	#7
tiefbassuebertr diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: D-55629 Schwarzerden	where I get parts for the transport "EXU-901A", used e. g. in the Victor XL-Z900? go to VICTOR CDƒvƒŒƒCƒ„[XL-Z900‚ÌŽd—l ƒrƒNƒ^[ In this case I have start this thread: JVC "EXU-901a" (KRELL KPS-25sc Phase Tech CT-1 CT1) better than VAM1254, CDpro2LF ? By post #6 was mentioned the model "XL-V90". There are no informations online. by the way - Victor was one of the best japanese brands in the 70th and 80th - look about http://audio-heritage.jp/VICTOR/ Last edited by tiefbassuebertr; 22nd January 2010 at 08:55 PM.

30th July 2010, 12:51 PM	#9
tiefbassuebertr diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: D-55629 Schwarzerden	Laser unit's (optical pick up's) from JVC's "OPTIMA" series are one of the ones with highest reliability, even by the cheapest 20 year old JVC player models. Until this day I haven't found a "wear and tear" unit from JVC but several hundred from Sony KSS series. The reason therefore is "long-life" lens suspension (no plastic in opposite to SONY) and obviously long life laser diodes. Last edited by tiefbassuebertr; 30th July 2010 at 12:54 PM.


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7th March 2009, 04:34 PM	#4
jitter diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands	My first CD-player was a JVC XL-V231! I looked up the receipt (yes, I still have that) and I bought it 11-29-1990. It was not a very expensive player, but well-built nevertheless. My father still uses it on a daily basis and in those 18+ years it has never failed. But... it doesn't look like the Victor on eBay at all... it looks like this: The DAC was called "PEM DD converter" by JVC, which was JVC's version of a low-bit converter (which was not unlike Technics' M.A.S.H. DAC). It has no S/PDIF output and is definitely not Philips based. At the time the Japanese used: press > first time: PLAY press > again: PAUSE and Philips: press > first time: PLAY press > again: REPLAY Philips used a separate PAUSE button.

20th January 2010, 08:40 AM	#6
three_legend diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009	I am still using my almost 20 years old Victor CD player XL-V90. Build great, sound great... It is use Burr Brown DAC and Yamaha chipset inside.

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