"... I found the Art Audio Carissa to be one exceedingly fine amplifier. Her combination of muscular intensity and musical finesse puts her among the very best of amplifiers I've yet used in my system. Carissa has the transparency and intimacy I've come to expect from a good SET design and combines it with a spirited personality that's just plain fun to be around. She may not be the most neutral amplifier in the Art Audio line but seems so deliberately voiced and articulated that I have to think that she was not intended to be. And that works extraordinarily well for me..." – John Potis, 6moons.com

"... Believe me, the Art Audio Jota paired with the Rosinante Dulcinea sounds better than most things I've heard so far. I put my money where my mouth is and purchased them both. Guess that says more than words can convey. A must audition!..." – Rosinante Dolcinea, Stereo Times

"If, at this moment, I had to pick one amp to spend the rest of my life with, the choice would be an easy one..." – Stephaen Harrell, The Absolute Sound

"...I confess that I was almost irritated that the Jota sounded as good as it did, in that it put to shame almost every other SET amp I had on hand for my survey..." – Scott Markwell, The Absolute Sound

"... This Jota is one seriously addictive and chromilicious class act! ... The Jota is the complete antithesis of what popular lore suggests single-ended 300B tube amps to be: euphonic, midrange-only amps. Or, as some would put it more plainly, toys unfit for a real man's job... If you insist on adjectives, the foremost words are immediacy and energy...The Jota is a major-league statement piece to be considered in the context of the best currently available..." – Srajan Ebaen's, SoundStage! Editorial