Choice between two different integrated tube amps (SET & PP)


I'm interested in two different integrated amps that I can get locally.

One is the Primaluna Dialogue HP and the other is the Willsenton R800i.

The Primaluna is a PP setup with EL34's and the Willsenton is a SET amp with 805 tubes.  The Primaluna has upgraded pre-amp tubes but stock EL34's, the Willsenton has all stock tubes and the chifi tubes are trash, so would need to be upgraded.  The Primaluna is $3k and the Willsenton is $2k but will need quite a bit spent on new tubes, so they are pretty much the same price.

Anybody have experience with either?  Have read great reviews of each of them.  I'll take other recommendations too but the requirements are a tube integrated under $3k that has home theater bypass.

blkwrxwgn

depends on speaker to be driven also, which you did not mention @blkwrxwgn

part of the fun in this hobby is pursue what you are curious about, experience it... so if that is SET moreso than PP then go for it

the primaluna vs willsenton are very different amps (albeit both tube amps), different input and power tubes, different transformers, different circuits, different features, etc etc... set vs pp is just one dimension of difference of probably 10-11 relevant attributes

in either case you will likely end up doing some tube rolling to find out what each one can really do

final thing... unless something has really changed for the better with willsenton, you will get much much better support for primaluna (i believe you are in the usa, iirc)