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I used to work for a Jolida dealer, and that transformer buzz that you wrote of was so familiar, it brought a nostalgic smile across my face. The thing with Jolida (almost everything has a "thing," doesn't it?), in my experience, was quality control. Very good sound, very good performance for the price, but some of the units just, weren't quite right. That said, a unit that was good, was typically good. So, potential buyers out there, beware, yes, but if a (used) unit works well, it is probably ok. In the olden days (late 90's), if a unit was bad, Jolida would replace it for us with no trouble, so one would just swap until one got a good unit. Today, their QC might be better, their support might be worse, I have no clue. To boband212: The answer to "when were models named "SJ..." is, Just over 10 years ago. That was the prefix of, at least some of their products, when I sold them. I've got an SJ 502a that is, regrettably, collecting dust right now. But, it was (and I presume, still is) a pretty nice little integrated amp. I still look forward to finding it a good niche, one of these days (unfortunately, it won't quite drive my old Maggie 1.4s), and I am glad to hear that Jolida is still in business. (One never knows how a start-up, high-end audio manufacturer is going to fare.) I wish to reiterate that 1) I am no longer attached or affiliated in any way with SG Jolida, its shareholders, distributors... and 2) Although when I dealt (and dealt with) them, their INITIAL reliability was hit and miss, they always stood behind their products, and a unit that was good, tended to be good. Thank you all for letting me into your forum. Recorded music, and hi-fi reproduction have just returned to my pool of active hobbies, and yours was the first forum that compelled me to join it.