For the money you won't be able beat this EL34 Yaqin tube amp. It's easy to bias and you can low ball their buy-it-now price. I've owned two tube hybrids and sold them both. Why not start out with a tube amp as we all eventually end up there, no matter how many solid states we go through on the way.

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