Cary vs Jadis vs Quad tube amps

Actually, I think you are in a better position than us, No_slouch. You don't have to deal with all of the stuff that went on with Jadis in the USA and Canada over the past 15 years. In the Far East, the brand is well respected on its merits alone. Based on that, and the fact that since you are a tube lover in China, you must obviously have capable hands in having the Jadis be serviced, if it is ever required. I think it's a wise move then.

Believe me, if the 845 is as good as their other stuff, you'll look for new speakers to mate with the amp instead of things being the other way around.

By the way, what city in China do you live in? My wife is from Shenyang.

Rooze, how was the V12 blowing fuses? It never blew any fuses when I had it. I never looked inside the V12, but that was not the amp to which I was refering. I'm not familiar with the Jadis amp that you reference. Where would I have heard that?

Who is going to service your Jadis in the case you need to? Something also to think about it.

I talked to the Hong Kong distributor, they said they only service equipment sold through their dealers- you pay US$25 for a serial number check which takes 2-3 days. I don't have 2-3 days to wait really, but I heard from the dealer that the used amp (the stores are in the same building..21 stories of used and new high-end audio) came from them- only 3 of its kind have been sold in HK.

It seems like 20 watts is enough to drive my 804s at decent volume in my living room - its about 3800 square feet, but since its short on one side, my listening area is only about half to two-thirds of the room, so 2500 square feet maybe.

I'll probably pick the amp up tomorrow if it passes another listening test (it sounded tonally amazing to me as well, the most engrossing sound I've heard in all my searching recently), along with some guarantee from the vendor that it's a HK unit, unless any new information appears.

Trelja, I live in Beijing, just over half a day's drive from Shenyang. I saw part of a marathon nine-hour documentary about the city, called 'Tie Xi Qu'. Lots of economic migrants from Shenyang in Beijing, that city was the heartland of industrial, communist china.

Good choice. My Jadis (Orchestra Reference) makes Proac 1s speakers sound spectacular and I've heard many amps - this one is special.