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Looking for an inexpensive low power amp with exquisite sound

I have an itch to combine an Axiom II Passive Preamp with an inexpensive, low-power but exquisite-sounding amplifier. 10 wpc should do it, tube or SS. $1000 or less for the amp would be great; $2000 or less might be OK too. Any bright ideas or experience out there, contrarian or otherwise?

Merry Christmas to all,
Sonic Santa
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wolf_garcia
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Try to find a used Dennis Had single ended amp...I've owned a "Firebottle HO (High Output)" for a couple of years now and it's astonishing...only 4 tubes so it's cheap to maintain.
mechans
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Buy a Prma Luna Prologue new for about a thousand.
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islandmandan
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I found an Audio Assembly SET 300B (by Sonic Frontiers) for $750, upgraded all caps and resistors (I also splurged on EML XLS 300B tubes that were well worth the price of admission), but this amp is amazing. The extra spent on the output tubes is not necessary, but very worthwhile.

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Dan 
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