Recommendation for Class-A integrated amp

The Sugden Signature A21se is an awesome amp. It lacks the bells and whistles of the others, but sounds heavenly. Besides, it is the original class A solid state amp, the one that started it all back in 1967. At $3250, it’s a bargain. 30 watts into 8 ohms/40 watts into 4 ohms, plus a larger power supply. If you can’t forgo the pretty VU meters, then buy a seperate VU meter such as the One little bear & Douk Audio, model vu1, off of eBay. It’s a great little VU meter for 50 bucks....you don't even have to wire it in, as it has a built in microphone, pretty neat.

Sugden Signature A21se was indeed on top of my list of amps to consider until I discovered the cost now is $3750 from the dealer covers my area, a $500 jump from the 2020 price, then I decided to look at other possibilities.

Luxman or Pass appears to be more capable in the lower impedance (4 ohm) region, although more costly, but appear to be a better selection.

Meanwhile, I am still hoping to check out other amps that is capable to provide 20-30W per channel of class-A output.

I have heard a lot of plausible hype from Coda folks. I nearly went that route but decided Pass had resale and Coda? Well probably not so much.

Luxman is out in my opinion. 

Compared Sudgen to Pass. No comparison-Pass much better.

Some nice Nazi gear out there. I prefer my service in the USA.

Buy a used Pass for about $5k if you can find one.