Tube amps - what 3 things…

I’ve owned several ARC power amps Classic 120 monos were awesome except when they blew a tube.

My recommendation is the Ayon Spirit V I had the Spirit lll the Ayon amps are exceptionally well made. Auto bias, beautiful looking, top notch parts. Excellent protection circuitry. Not sure how much power you need. If you need more the Ayon Triton is a 120wpc in pentode and 70wpc in triode, it’s a beast!

I wanted to mention Ive been using a Aestheix Mimas for a couple of years now. It has a tube preamp with a solid state power amp. It’s an awesome integrated amp. Lots of features great metal remote, tons of power but it can sound really delicate if the music calls for it. Great reviews out there: 

Anything Jim White at Aesthetix make is finely engineered by a guy with ears. The Mimas is fantastic value…

IF a person believes point to point is inherently better than a well executed multi layer board in the right places…. might want to reconsider , ….

Best in music

Jim

Hybrids are wonderful. A few nice AH integrated out on USAM now. 

There are many good Tube Amps on the market for sure, I have had many being a Tube Amp only guy since I was a teenager, (60) now. I like and currently use the McIntosh MC275's run in parallel through McIntosh C2600 Tube preamp. These units are built like a tank, take plenty of abuse and keep playing excellent music. The other 5 Tube Amps I currently have, sound great but seems there's always something little going on with them that annoys me. These others are all the name brands we hear about, and yes they are good but not quite as bullet proof as the 275's in my opinion. Which must be about the general consensus on McIntosh 275's because they are very hard to find new or used for the past 5 years or so.