Just picked up a nice looking Jolida 3502S on here w/o any tubes so this thread is extra helpful to get me rolling. These black plates are getting nuts. I picked up a set of matched GL KT77s, Northern Electric 12AX7s and some NOS Mullard 12AT7s. Also have some RI Mullards on hand from previous amp as well as some cheaper 6CA7s.
I was about ready to buy one of the newer Black Ice offerings - likely the F35 with balanced inputs - but this one came up way cheaper so we'll see. I'm currently using a Yaqin MC13S which is my first tube amp. It has been a very good first tube amp (except for stock preamp tubes which I immediately rolled). A little bit of hiss at zero volume through my Zu speakers. No quality issues, no reliability issues.
Hopefully, this BI amp lives up to its billing.