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I am thinking about adding a PP integrated to my current system strictly for use when I play music with complex passages my little SET can't handle. A search revealed a lot of folks seem to like the Jolida 202A / 302B amps BUT I've seen little about the ASL AQ1003 DTThe Jolidas and the ASL are roughly in the same price range and both use EL34s, which is fine by me. I don't need more than 30W with my 92 db Reference 3As so either will due.
Are there any particular caveats about either of these models or are both acceptable budget amps? Any experience welcome with regard to said comparison.
Thanks,
~Michael~
Follow Ups:
About a month ago I was in the same boat...202 or 1003. I decided on the ASL AQ1003DT and I am very happy I did. The 1003 arrived in great condition, wasn't double boxed but it was in a extra thick cardboard box from China. I am totally impressed with construction, quality of materials etc of the 1003. The volume pot feels tight and precise. The 1003 comes with a BIAS meter right on top with a tube selector knob right in the middle for easy BIAS adjusting...just turn the knob to select the tube and a twist of the screwdriver...that's it! For sound it is pretty impressive out of the box. It's shipped with Chinese tubes which isn't too bad. Image and detail right there. No complaints . My next step...rolling. I'm checking around now for a recomended replacement.
It's pushing 91db speakers with trouble at all. The room is small (12x13)and I keep the volume around 9-10 o'clock. I am very pleased with the overall perfomance and can't wait to try new tubes. Check with Stewart at http://www.weekendenvironments.com/ Great guy to talk to and he gave me a great price with shipping included.
HiI can't comment on the ASL AQ1003 DT, since I've never owned one, but I do have a JD202a. Here are the plusses and minuses as I see them:
Plusses:
1. JD202a will drive speakers that sound awful from a SET.
2. JD202a has a balanced smooth sound that lets the music through - not electronic sounding at all.
3. Tubes are readily available.
4. Physical construction is battleship solid compared to any mass market solid state product.Minuses:
1. The tubes that come with the JD202a limit it severely - first thing you do should be to replace 'em with ElectroHarmonix, JJ, or Svetlana EL34's. The driver tubes will make every bit as big a difference, and if you don't want to spring for NOS, there's always Ei, JJ, ElectroHarmonix, and SovTek (12AX7LPS only - the other SovTek 12AX7's are not in the same league IMHO).
2. Unless you order it from the factory with one, there's no subwoofer out. See my post below to yamate covering this.
3. The volume control is a lacklustre quality unit (yes, it's an Alps, but it's almost identical to the one sold at Radio Shack for $3 - and while I rave about that as a great bargain, I expect better for the money). It's not that easy to replace the volume control on the 202a either - it's a fairly major piece of surgery to get the thing apart so I keep putting it off.....
4. Last but not least, the position of the bias controls is absolutely TERRIBLE. It is imperative that the bias be set correctly or you will toast your EL34's in no time, so it really would have been nice to put the bias controls somewhere easier to reach.All that having been said, do I regret buying the JoLida 202a? Not at all; it makes music, drives speakers my 2A3 can't, and is a good amp overall - just not a perfect one.
All the best,
Morse
Thanks for the info on the 202A, Morse
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