Quote Originally Posted by blackraven View Post
If you want to go new, give consideration to this Vincent Audio SP-331 which is a SS-tube Hybrid design. It is a robust amp at 150wpc at 8ohms that doubles it power to 300wpc at 4 ohm.

Vincent Audio - SP-331 Hybrid Power Amplifier-Audio Advisor
The Vincent SP-331 seems to me to be an excellent recommendation given its price and the excellent reviews it has received.

I would love to hear one and would even buy it sight unseen if I were financially prepared for a new amp. No doubt it would be a significantly different sound from my Class D Audio SDS-258. I like the latter but have to admit that its treble reproduction can be aggressive with less than great recordings and upstream components. My guess is that the Vincent would be closer to the preference for "musicality" of a lot of people, e.g. Mr Peabody.