The Cayin A88T integrated tube amp was mentioned. I own/love one.
Interestingly, design goal was to sound like McIntosh 275. Designed in Germany, made in China, I took the bottom off, incredibly beautiful layout/construction/quality.
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review by John Potis
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/cayin/a88t.html
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also found this:
Cayin A-88T MK 3
Integrated Amplifier
Another gorgeous,
hand-crafted tube piece from Cayin, this one designed to deliver the sound of
the classic McIntosh MC-275. Like it's brothers the A-50T and A-70T, this amp
includes remote control switching between ultralinear and triode operation. The
craftsmanship is absolutely first-rate, featuring point-to-point wiring, and
each unit is hand-numbered and signed by an inspector.
This piece was hand-built
with extreme attention to detail, including point-to-point wiring.
Point-to-point was the way that amps used to be wired back in the 1950s and
'60s when cost was not the primary objective. Nowadays, most everything
contains circuit boards instead of this point-to-point wiring, which is much
more dependable and better performing. The bottom line is that point-to-point
wiring sounds better.
It's one of the main
reasons why these Cayin pieces sound like the classic tube gear from Marantz
and McIntosh. Anymore, products that feature point-to-point wiring cost a
fortune, or they feature sub-par workmanship. You simply are not going to find
craftsmanship like with this Cayin gear for anywhere close to this price.
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I needed 16 ohm taps, so got MK1, unfortunately bias adj is internal. MK2,3 omit 16 ohm taps but add easy external bias adj. which I would love to have. I'm about to go back/forth 6550/KT88's just for fun.
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I sold my SS McIntosh 2250 amp and SS McIntosh C28 preamp to get the Cayin for remote volume/tubes/direct line level inputs, and for phono and FM via neew to me McIntosh tube tuner/preamp mx110z.