Most musical, enjoyable affordable amplifier

Ive owned alot of amps over the decades, ss and hybrid and tubed! If only one of them was going to be my last and final journey into stereo i have to say the most fun  and just all around musically enjoyable experience i ever had was the venerable  Pioneer SA-9800 intergrated 100wpc amplifier. Their so beautiful to look at and the recording ability it has is amazing , even has a good sounding mm /mc phono to boot, everybody who listened to that amp at home was thrilled by its looks and sound.