Inexpensive Tube Amps

@will62 I checked out the Gemtune online store after looking at your links. Much of their stock is marked "Sold Out", though they still have the Amazon model available for the same price. They also feature several Yaquins, which are significantly more, but add some street cred to the storefront.

FWIW, $269 is NOT that big of a gamble when it comes to an amplifier! Especially with Amazon's return policy.

There's a review of a Nobsound product here:

https://toptubeamplifier.com/review-of-the-nobsound-ms-10d-mkii-hybrid-tube-amplifier/

Though not the 6P1, it does bring up some good and bad points; however, when it comes to repair, you probably know a good electronics shop in your area that could bench test and repair anything that went wrong with the unit. And again, it's only $240. Some audiophiles spend that much on a wall outlet, for some reason.

@pawlowski6132 And that's why audiophilia as a hobby is dying out.

I mean, anyone who's interested in good sound should be considered fairly, whether or not they can "blink" at dropping 10 G's on a component. If someone's blinded into equating money with value, that's their myopia.

@pawlowski6132
Yeah, audiophilia is a word. But it's not as creepy as the title of that briefly-lived magazine marketed towards cyclists, Pedalphilia.

Anyhow, I see your point, though I don't completely agree with it. I just hate seeing someone relatively new to the hobby made to feel lacking.