I’ve heard many say that the First Watt amps are usually great second or third amps but usually not the heart of your only system.
There are a lot of class a or high bias class a/b amps that will give you most of the sonics but a lot more flexibility. Here is one of them the first 15 watts are class a… mostly second harmonics like the j2 but 150 watts at 8 ohms. And since it is preowned… very little depreciation downside risk.
https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649971060-wells-audio-innamorata/