Hi,
My two cent's worth... I have had a modified Jolida JD-1000a integrated for a month that I bought on Audiogon from "underwoodwally". I biased it when I got it and just recently replaced the stock Chinese EL 34's with some Siemens ones so I have been "under the hood" twice. It seems quite well built. As for the sound... well I am going to write a review, but wanted to wait until I had heard the Siemens tubes for a few days so I could give a reasonable opinion on tube rolling. But I will tell you this...I have never heard an amp that was better than this! I have heard some $5000 - $8000 stuff and some was certainly as good, but none better! There are several vendors on Audiogon selling modified Jolida amps and CD players. I think all are a great bargain! I had solid state amps for years, but will never go back after having a good tube amp. Happy listening.
My two cent's worth... I have had a modified Jolida JD-1000a integrated for a month that I bought on Audiogon from "underwoodwally". I biased it when I got it and just recently replaced the stock Chinese EL 34's with some Siemens ones so I have been "under the hood" twice. It seems quite well built. As for the sound... well I am going to write a review, but wanted to wait until I had heard the Siemens tubes for a few days so I could give a reasonable opinion on tube rolling. But I will tell you this...I have never heard an amp that was better than this! I have heard some $5000 - $8000 stuff and some was certainly as good, but none better! There are several vendors on Audiogon selling modified Jolida amps and CD players. I think all are a great bargain! I had solid state amps for years, but will never go back after having a good tube amp. Happy listening.