Jolida Fusion 3502S vs. Jolida Fusion 801

Getting a Jolida Fusion 3502P Power Amplifier soon and while I’m not into Ch-Fi, it’s designed and assembled here in the U.S. but the boards are built overseas to my knowledge.

How’s the build quality/reliability over time ? I know they are Black Ice now and Jim Fosgate was involved in both Jolida & Fosgate. I can’t afford name brand Tube Amps at this moment and am steering clear of the crazy name brand Chi-Fi being spewed upon YouTube and Magazines.

I know there’s been a Jolida knock off company that’s been mentioned in the forums but the Amplifier I’m getting is assembled here. Why are they all of a sudden distancing themselves from their own Jolida brand ?

So long as they Warranty any issues, and it’s taken care of here in the U.S. ,I’m good.

To any Jolida Amp owners out there. Please let me know your thoughts.

Update : This Amp is a killer deal. I love the sound of it. Swapped the 6550's out with Cryo'd Tung Sol KT150's from Upscale Audio. Mike Allen was of great help over the phone.

Anderson Audio Gallery, Bob Anderson. Been selling Jolida / Black Ice Audio gear for about 15 years. Excellent gear for the money- great value. The new gear is fantastic. You can find me on FB- Anderson Audio Gallery.  bob.and212@gmail.com   /  812-557-2497.  Questions, repairs, upgrades, new gear.   Always interested in buying used gear. 

Jerred Dunkerson CEO of Black Ice just thought it was time to make some changes and upgrades hence a new name, and new gear. 

Anderson Audio Gallery, bob.and212@gmail.com - right now has an F11 demo unit, black for sale. Feel free to inquire. 

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.