Cary vs Jadis vs Quad tube amps

I did on search for Jadis on Audiogon, and it seems everyone talks about the magic of the JA-80. How does the Jadis-845 compare?

The dealer said that they should be able to drive B&W804s and 803s, but not 802s.

Yes, I think the power issue is the biggest question for me now. Can anyone else help out here?

I don't need to listen to really loud rock, hiphop, techno, etc., but do want significant volume, including bass, in my 400 sq foot living room.

btw, I have a DD-18 subwoofer.

Trejla, I live in China, and the only distributor is in another city, Hong Kong. I'll call them tomorrow to see if they would do repairs- if not, would another person/company, if willing, be able to do repairs on the machine?

Now I have 2 major potential issues between me and that Jadis sound: repairs and potential (lack of) power.

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.