AMC 2100 or Emotiva UPA-200

sorry to hear about your job loss . . . Hope you land on your feet.

as for amp selection, I know nothing about Emotiva, but have owned a few AMC amps as well as many different B&K amp, including the st1400.
It was some time ago but I recall being very happy with the 2100, especially for the $ I paid (~$120 brand new iirc). Not as smooth as the B&K, but very nice to listen to.

One of these AMC CVT-3030MkII integrated EL34 based tube amps sounded very nice to me in a friends small system, be nice if you could pick one up used somewhere in the US.

http://www1.amchome.com/files/Manual%20CVT3030MKII%20(21R-C3030II_S8)%20v01.pdf

This guys way over the top with his price, I’ve seen them at half that.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AMC-3030-A-AMPLIFICATORE-VALVOLARE-OTTIMO/203137611800?hash=item2f4bf1f818:...

Cheers George

Thanks for your responses. George hifi,  is true about the cvt-3030. It difficult to find one in my area.