Bought used from Jim Low (Provo, UTAH). This guy is the guy all you guys have to buy equips from. He'll give you an extreemely good bargain and top condition items.
All I say is this Jolida 302A is the best integrated amp I had. Soundstage is wide, transparent, and very musical. One good thing is that you can adjust the BIAS so that it can satisfy your need....different people differr preference or setup... for me that is a PLUS... big plus!!! Right now, I still using the original chinese tubes. I will upgrade them as soon as I am done doing research on them (still looking for the right one.... any suggestion will be appreciated).

All that hype about this thing is true.... highly recommended for good ears outthere. Go JOLIDA!!! (For the price I must choose 7 stars.....quality 4.5 stars)

I bought my Jolida 302a from Paul at BizzyBee. Before buying, I asked him a lot of detailed questions (half the fun is the anticipation, after all!), which he answered in a straightforward way. I bought it through the mail, and it came with upgraded pre-amp tubes and Svetlana EL34's. Paul also threw in a solid state phono pre-amp gratis. When I first hooked it all up (Phillips CD player with Audio Alchemy DAC, Rega 2 turntable, and Spica TC-60 speakers, all connected to a Panamax 1000), the Cardas speaker wires were too short, so I got some generic Radio Shack wire. After I burned it all in with the Sheffield Labs burn-in CD, the sound was thin, and not well focused. However, after a couple of days, and experimenting with four different outlets in my listening room, the sound "bloomed", and the soundstage became much more coherent. Detail was not what I would call etched, but vivid, with a distinctly palpable quality to some guitar notes.The harmonics were subtle and textured. Human voice was real, with full shades of meaning in the phrasing of someone like Diana Krall. In later sessions, I played the system to a variety of non-audiphile friends, using Diana Krall, Roberta Flack's The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Getz/Gilberto's Corcovado, and' of course, Pink Floyd's Time. Without exception, they had not heard sound so real before. My colleague who plays blues guitar kept talking about the amazing "presence", when I saw him the day after. A week later, he went out and bought a guitar amp with, you guessed it, tubes. I later replaced the phono amp with NAD's inexpensive PP-1, and I shit you not, the difference with the CD player is distinct. But the biggest sound factor by far is the quality of the recording, whether vinyl or CD. Good CD was much better than lousy vinyl. I suppose that means the system is accurate, not "euphonic".I'm happy with the amp; it's excellent value for the money. But here's the rub: in my experimentation with the outlets in my room, one outlet made a bigger difference in the quality of sound than any other factor. So, you guys out there who know the answer, tell me what that means. I am also not satisfied with the Radio Shack wire, and am thinking of replacing it with Audioquest Type 4 (I just built a new house on five acres, so call me cheap for awhile, maybe a LONG while). Any alternate wire suggestions for this system? Recently a Svetlana tube went out, and I called Paul at BIzzyBee. He walked me through a testing procedure which ended up with Jolida replacing two EL34 tubes, only with Chinese instead of Russian. They sound fine, all four biased at 44 mv. While I was waiting for the replacement tubes, I bought a NAD 710 receiver as a backup. I was remarkably good for the money ($199 at Sound City), but didn't have the you-are-there quality of the Jolida. When you are keeping company with the likes of Diana Krall, that makes a big difference! (Hope my wife doesn't read this.)
Happy trails until we meet again.

Remind me not to buy anything from a dealer that promotes his (or her) business up here in the land of (alleged) user reviews. Buy advertising, and deduct it as a business expense when you pay taxes on your earnings, OK? Thank you.
But if I had to rank the two most egregious violators of our space, I'd have to give ECS the nod. At least they don't promote pulling one side of a push-pull pair in a commercial amp and call it single-ended, or charge nearly retail and call it a deal. Just shows you that you'll never go broke in America underestimating the intelligence of the American buying public. Get a grip out there--learn something!

Jolida--haven't heard them, but liked the reviews (thanks, Bill Murray). Five over-enthusiastically capitalistic stars, please.

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The JA-202 and JA-302 are wonderful sounding amplifiers. They are musical, open, sweet, and offer a great musical experience. I must take exception to comments another dealer made about the larger Jolida JA-801 however. The JA-801 is every bit as musical as the 302 in my experience. If you have reasonably efficient speakers, the 302 is marvellous (it sound terrific through my Von Schweikert VR-6's!). But when it comes to having a sense of pace, dynamics, rhythm, and "boogie factor", sorry but the 801 is better. After all, music is not JUST depth and imaging and so forth...it is about tapping your toes, and the 801 will make you want to get up and dance! I encourage anybody who has more budget flexibility or less efficient speakers to look at the JA-801. Yes, I am also a fully authorized Jolida dealer and my website is at: http://www.ecsaudio.com

The JoLida is a nice tube amp for the money. Replace the stock chinese junk with Tesla's or Svetlanas(including inputs) and you will be amazed at just how good this amp can play. How JoLida gets away with the chinese tubes is amazing. It's too bad they cost JoLida about 75$ less than a full compliment of Tesla's would.
4 stars for the price(if you include a tube swap)
WYK

I have owned my 302a for a little over three years and I was reasonably pleased with the unit when I bought it, at that time I would have given it four stars. I have since had the unit back to the factory once under warrantee for an early resistor problem, and I have gone through numerous different tubes in an effort to find the magical sound. Recently I tried a set of Tesla E34L's which have changed everything. From the moment I biased them and began burn in I have been absolutely mesmerized with the rich full bodied sounds (I like jazz, classical, and blues); place no asterisk by the price category on this baby, you could spend many times the price and not come close to the music this unit can make! Absolutely FIVE STARS - and that goes for the helpful staff at Jolida too!

This was the first tube amp that I ever auditioned and found it to be very musical and sweet. The construction is very sturdy and beautiful. It's the best bargain I've had in years. I recommend this amp to all classical and jazz listeners in an easy listening environment.

I built my main speakers. They are comprised of a 6.5" Audax TPX cone woofer and and 1" Focal titanuim inverted dome. Formerly I had them hooked up to some souped up Musetax MTR-101 monoblocks (Once Stereophile Class B). These amps rocked, or so I thought. I figured where the weaknesses in my system were in the limitations of an amatuer design. I had grainy highs at times, very powerful bass--too powerful for my little bookshelves as a matter of fact. And the number one problem I have with the high end. I could not listen to all of my cd's because all the flaws in the recordings were revealed. Then I auditioned the Jolida SJ-502(the 60 W version with 6550 power tubes). For the first time I heard MUSIC on my system, not just some MOSFETS making an overly-revealing attempt at it. I settled on the 302, which costs less but "sounds better," so saith my dealer because the El34's the eek out more bass with the same transformers as the 502. I never got the chance to listen to the two together but a sacrifice of ten watts for a savings of $200 was not that difficult of a call for a hungry college student.
I have had two 302's. The first was a floor model which I took form the dealer until my tape looped version (special order) arrived. His came stocked with Svetlanas instead of the Chinese tubes Jolida uses. The Svetlana amp sounded better. The lows were tighter and I thought it had a better soundstage. The Jolida could definitely be improved by a tube upgrade.
After a quick warmup this amp is ready to put out sweet music from just about any recording. I am continually surprised by the amount of bass they put into my listening room. I have not used my DIY subwoofer in months. And no fear apartment-dwellers, low level detail is superb also.
After my tube upgrade on the new amp I am sure I will not purchase any power amplification for many years to come. The Jolidas are just too good for the price.

Tube sonics

Knobs, speaker binding posts

Distilled down. Great amp. 302 sounds much more well rounded overall than the 502, for less money. Chinese stocks are decent (despite other reviews), but Svets or Tesla outs give tigher more articulated bass and deeper soundstage and Phillips and EI preamps lower the noise floor. Soundstage is wide and deep, highs are crisp and detailed with being bright, mids are fluid and palpable, bass is tight and articulated for a tube, air and presentation is nice.

Associated products:

Rega Planet
Tara RSC Gen II Cables
Goertz Copper Speaker
Rega Ara Speakers

first system:

Cary SLI-50
Audio Physics Tempos
Cardas Golden Cross IC + SC
Anthem CD-1
Rega Planet

(comparing the two the second system, listed first is a great system for the price difference)

Similar Products Used:

Cary, VAC, Sonic, Anthem

The Jolida SJ-302A is a fantastic bargain, especially if you're looking foran entry-level high end tube amplifier. This integrated tube amp uses
12AX7s and 12AT7s for the input stages and four EL34s in a push-pull
configuration for 50 watts/channel output. The build and component quality
seem to be above average and it's an attractive amp.
Once I had it hooked up and biased, I immediately noticed the depth of the
soundstage and a vast improvement in low-end response compared to my
restored Dynaco ST-70. You find yourself listening to the music and not the
amplifier itself. If you think about it, that's what an amp is supposed to
do. If you're looking for a relatively inexpensive tube amp, this one's
going to be hard to beat. Once you hear it, you may never go back to solid-
state again.