Hello,
I happen to own a Jolida 302A as well as an vintage integrated
Stromberg Carlson. Both of these amps have been upgraded/tweaked/worked
on by Craig. I was able to get a really great deal on my Jolida. It was
a dealer demo unit with about 20 hours on it. I got it for $400 with
about $200 dollars worth of vintage tubes in it.
With the price range you mentioned, I would go vintage. You should be able to get a really nice vintage set up.
I'm not real sure you could go wrong here either way however. I love my Jolida.
Or just do what I did and get both!