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I've heard there are reliability issues with the Jolida 102B.
Would anyone care to elaborate please?
Thanks.
Follow Ups:
The dealer has noted more reliability problems with Jolida over ASL...Another dealer, who only had ONE 202a for sale had repeated problems with it even after numerous repairs...I know cause I tried t buy it. It was the B&W reps bedroom amp which was a trade in. The amp had caught fire due to poor wiring...this was repaired...I scheduled an appointment to listen to it...they were selling it for $300.00CDN ~$180US...so why not. I get there and the amp is dead. Three weeks later the amp is fixed I go in again...this time connected to the B&W CDM 1NT(which the 1003Dt drove easily), the 202a sounded all crackly with a big humm and sssssssssssssssssssssss. We're talking a sound that came out as a very bad FM reception of a car in a tunnel.
The dealer by this time was frustrated - one because he had me coming in a few times for a dead amp...the crackly time he had had the amp working perfectly a few hours before I showed up...turns the amp on to that.
Then he just refused to sell the amp...too much of headache.
Now this is my own personal story and obviously you could chalk this up to a lemon unit. But that dealer was not high on the companies transformers(which if they go you may as well throw the amp in the garbage).
ASL has had build quality issues as well, notably with the MG Head DT amp that I own...and yet I have no problem with it. ASLs problem is more with fit and finish and only on the headphone amp which they sell in the greatest number(likely rushing them out).
Tube amps are simply going to be more work, no matter what you're told by the owners, generally they are more susceptable to problems. Tube that explode on you if you don't keep an eye on the biasing etc. This kind of thing can damage the amp as well.
Not to scare you off tubes they sound fantastic(though the 102B is a bit of a lightweight)...I have heard a working 202a and it did sound wonderful...but doesn't really beat out many similar priced SS amps. A good amp is a good amp whatever the technology...whether it's a tube or not should not guide your decision totally here...yes they are perty, and have a discussion aspect to them - but if you want a discussuion and a good quality amp I would look to save a touch more money and get the 302B or up(this is where Jolida shines iMO) or the ASL 1003DT or Passion Pak 10 ior 11(which you can save a lot on if you know how to solder as they CAN be purchased in Kit form).
I am curious as to what you have heard about this amp and who you heard it from. I have been a Jolida dealer almost since the beginning of Jolida themselves and found the 102B to be very reliable with only one unit that came back to me (about two years ago) due to a transformer hum.
Jolida may have had, actually I know they did have some issues in the early stages but time has put them ahead of the game.
The 102B is a nice little amplifier for the price and worth auditioning at the least.
Happy Listening,
Bill
Thanks for clearing that up Bill.
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