Has anyboyd used this amp, your thoughts on it

You know Steve Guttenberg the audiophiliac did a review on the Dayton audio hta200 and the emotiva a2m the side by side he said the date and audio was pretty good but the emotiva was better but he did like the date and audio and he did listen to the headphone jack.

Check out Line Magnetic amps on Ebay. There are a number of them that fit into your budget. Also look at  Drop  for a Cayin Amp.

Cayin make good amps thanks I'll check out those line magnetics.

Beware of those cheap tube amps. They often have a large and impressive box made to look like transformers, but inside that painted wood or plastic box is a "tiny" transformer.  Many of those manufacturers even add weights inside so that the amp feels heavy and powerful. Many also use a tiny board for class D amplification and the tubes aren't even part of the audio circuit! There are videos on YouTube if you look.

Yeah they're a Gamble unless you can find a thread here a thread on hifi.org or somewhere where someone's bought one and there's a bunch of people following it in a thread that's probably the only way I would buy one and I actually have found one.