Affordable integrated pure class A?

I made some Hood amps from the schematic - they were very good for what they were - an early, simple amplifier with a pretty topology. The biggest issue was the big cap in the feedback circuit.

Class A means very little - a high bias A/B can sound just as good.  Most rate their “Class A” rating into a 8 ohm load so if a amp is rated at 50W Class A into 8 ohms - that same amp will only produce 25W class A into a 4 Ohm load.  

Look into thd Yamaha AS series integrated amps - beyond excellent sounding units.

Nelson Pass wrote an excellent paper on Class A amps you can read it on the Pass DIY site

good Listening 

Peter 

https://www.passlabs.com/press/leaving-class

Here it is 

good Listening 

Peter 

Arcam and Ayre are two brands I'd listen to first.

Ayre integrateds are quite affordable used.

Agree agree with post about AB amps - my quad qsp power amp had AB power but used A purely for first watts then AB on demand for surge(they call current dumping) - very smooth and detailed . I partnered with valve pre-amp but they make integrated too so may be economical option. 
The integrated is elite model.