Darren,
Why not take a look at his:
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatube&1218938007
When after a long hiatus, forced upon me by bad fortune, I slowly got back into this hobby, I bought one from the same source, drove it with Quad 63s and was very happy. I tube rolled a bit with Mullards, which I had still hidden in the attic. For the money this was very good, with dynamics galore. This would leave you enough dough for some good cables. Just a thought. It has a remote though...(;
Why not take a look at his:
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatube&1218938007
When after a long hiatus, forced upon me by bad fortune, I slowly got back into this hobby, I bought one from the same source, drove it with Quad 63s and was very happy. I tube rolled a bit with Mullards, which I had still hidden in the attic. For the money this was very good, with dynamics galore. This would leave you enough dough for some good cables. Just a thought. It has a remote though...(;