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In Reply to: Jolida vs McIntosh posted by benhen on February 4, 2007 at 22:32:08:
Ben
IMHO and I know many will agree with this there is nothing better than vintage amps and preamps for sound when upgraded with better caps and more and better filtering and matched resistors.
Jolidas are a good starter amp and I did have a 502 with some hefty transformers but going up against a sherwood s5000 int amp,it was such an embarassment to the jolida that its no wonder vintage gear fetches such exhorbatant prices as they do.
Your asking will a jolida sound like a mac? Being the 502 couldnt touch the sherwood,I think that would be a very tall order for most jolida integrateds.The biggest problem is the preamp section of the integrated amps like the 502 and the anemic power supply of the power amps.They can be made to perform much better but you are so limited with circuit board amps when having to make changes that I would go with a nice vintage amp of any kind..It doesnt have to be a mac or citation to perform well although they do perform best in my estimation but just get some mainstream vintage amp that you can upgrade and get assitance on if you need it or have someone mod it for you.
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