Anyone have honest opinion of Jolida amps?

I've also done in house comparisons of my 502p (factory upgraded) to other tube amps and it has won every shoot-out against some far more expensive stuff (all relative of course, and by "won" I mean it sounded as good or better to me)…it has been an amazingly great sounding thing over the 4 plus years I’ve used it. Tube rolling fun, reliable, quiet humlessness (is that a word?), and the newer version looks cool and is maybe 1400 bucks. Great stuff. After using KT120s and 150s I returned to KT88s (matched Gold Lions from thetubestore) this year and the amp really takes to those tubes.

Wolf, you are likely knowledgable regarding the Jolida factory upgrades. I was thinking of having my Fision pre upgraded. Not sure which upgrade offers best return/$$ spent. Any thoughts?  

Mine was upgraded to whatever was offered 4 and a half years ago (only one package of upgrades was offered so the choice was easy) so It’s hard to say what’s appropriate now for your amp. Seriously, call the guys at Jolida as they’re likely to actually talk to you about it.

Thanks Wolf. I have and will talk to the Jolida people prior to having anything done. They have 4 packages for this pre I believe. IT has been my experience that they are good to deal with.

I have sold Jolida gear for 15 years now. This is a reply to an old thread, but now we can  see there are very few used Jolida amps for sale. 15 year old amps are selling for what these sold for new. You will never find a hybrid JD1701 amp for sale- Sounds much better than any SS amp at $1000 or less. The JD102 amp is very sweet with efficient speakers. You will rarely finds a hybrid 1501 for sale. People tend to keep their Jolida amps. Also, I would truly rely on  audioreview. Bob Anderson, Anderson Audio Gallery.