Jolida Reliability

I owned a JD1000 integrated and the right channel went out. I sent it back and they shipped me a new one with no problems. All tubes will eventually need replacing on even the most expensive or well built tube gear.

I own a Jolida Music Envoy preamp which I bought used, and it's been flawless for the year and a half I've owned it. I believe the previous owner had it for about 2 years and he didn't have any trouble either.

I tend to roll tubes before they wear out.

:-)

David

I own three Jolida tube amps -- the 707a, 801a and 302b. I've had them for 1.5, 4 and 5 years respectively with no major issues. The 707a and 801b were purchased used, so they had some mileage on them before I took possession, yet they work beautifully. The only minor issue has been carbon build-up in the function switch in the 801b, but that has been easy to address.

I've had my 502B since March, 2005.
I have done nothing to it but play it.
I rolled tubes much too often for them to go out.
Until I found the new Gold Lions.
Now I keep a quad of them in reserve.

Have had a JoLida 502B since Sept 2001. Play it almost every day for a couple of hours each evening. Have upgraded all tubes, power cord and installed a HiFi Tuning Fuse. No problems at all in over 7 years.