Schiit Freya plus. Is this an upgrade?

I posted this elsewhere  and repeating myself   FWIW -- I stay away from JJ tubes based on my experience with them and there are many links online about the quality of this brand.   In all fairness considering there are those here using them  with no issues its entirely possible that quality control has improved over the last few years or so and maybe more digging would confirm that. 

  I bought a quad of JJ power tubes more than  a few years back and was having noise issues in the vintage Sherwood integrated I had and sent the amp to a tech I have used over the last 10 yrs or so.   He said the only problem with the amp was the tubes.   the new JJ's.    During this period there seemed to be more than  an usual amount of complaining about JJ tubes. 

Im still on the fence on going for the plus.    If there was just a tape monitor on there that would be a game changer possibly.    In the meantime its beneficial to hear what others are experiencing with the  Plus.    

from what I have read, all the new production tubes come from just two locations - one in China and one in Russia. Only the brand name changes....

Current info shows JJ (Jan Jorgo) as being made in Slovakia purportedly with previously owned Tesla equipment.
Tungsol made be New Sensor (Mike Matthews) owned by an American and produced in Saratov, Russia. Sovtek made there as well. Not up to researching more at the moment but there are possibly other smaller companies that are making tubes. TJ  Full Music  If info currently applies has their own factory which is  a separate entity from the big players in China.

IMHO, if you’re going to warn people away from a specific brand tube based on your experience, 4+ years ago is not recent enough to go on.

Placed an order for a Freya S a couple of days ago and looking forward to receiving it

The amp in our main system died and I will be using my trusty old NAD 320BEE with the Freya S. I can’t wait to try the volume control; From the pics out there it looks sweet.

I would appreciate any more listening impressions/observations from Freya S owners. TIA

Cheers,

Scott