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question about jolida amps

interested in people's opinion of jolida jd-502 crc or any of their other tube amps-thanks
danovak
wolf_garcia
6,742 posts
 
I can't speak to older Jolida stuff, but my nearly 2 year old 502p with the factory upgrade bits is very well designed, beautifully built, and sounds fabulous...at about half the retail cost of anything in its performance range. Current Jolida stuff might be dismissed by some snarky misinformed audio snobs perhaps due to the cost effective nature of these amps, but in spite of that they remain one of the great bargains in hifi.
richlane
167 posts
 
Many years ago, I remember listening to a Jolida Integrated Amp (can't remember the model #) at a dealer hooked up to a pair of Martin Logan speakers that sounded absolutely fantastic; very natural, transparent and real, and this was a combo that I could have easily lived with long term, regardless of price.

Rich
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ghosthouse
4,319 posts
 
The JoLida 502B was my intro to tubes thanks to John at Community Audio in Germantown PA. Had that unit for 10 years and put a lot of hours on it. It was reliable, robust and benefitted from tube rolling, HiFi Tuning Fuses and especially the very affordable JoLida Maryland factory upgrade. I liked it best with KT88s vs 6550s. I very much enjoyed that amp and only moved away from it to get some higher power mono blocks to drive Totem Forests. Hope you can find somewhere close by to audition the JoLida or other tube products you might be considering.
reynolds853
388 posts
 
The Jolida JD 707A was a nice amp. It was offered only briefly but was a very nice, musical amp. If you find one on the used market you might consider it if it's 40wpc suits your needs.
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