$8oo dollar budget


I have a George Wright AU-1000 preamp and a B&K ST-140 power amp. I am looking to upgrade my power amp to tubes as well. My budget being around $800 does anyone have good suggestions?
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Agree with Tvad, tubes will have trouble driving those speakers becuase of the impedance dip and swings and maintaining balance from highs to lows. That B&K is a pretty good amp for driving those speakers. I love tubes and only use them in my system, but not all speakers will mate well, yours are not likely to be a match made in heaven with most tubes amps, there are exceptions (Music Reference RM9SE) but they will be expensive. At your budget, I would stay away from tubes, unless you change your speakers first.
I would try to find a pair of b&k m200 sonata monoblocks as they sound tube like but I agree with Tvad and Pubul57
tubes at 800.00 budget would be hard to achieve.
I agree with Tvad and Pubul57 that your current speakers preclude most if not all tube amps in your price range.

One possibility is to go to a Class A solid state amp. It won't sound the same as tubes, but may give you some of what you're looking for. I had good success with the Monarchy SM-70 Pro, using two in a monoblock configuration. They'll handle the 3 ohm dip just fine. They can sometimes be found within your budget for a decent pair. Make sure they're of similar vintage so that the input sensitivities match.

David