Pilot is by far worth it over motorola & magnavox. There's a lot of nice fishers, scotts & lafayettes as well. Figure that most of them will need work. If it's equal cost to recap and retube a Pilot vs a Magnavox, what would you chose?
60s console amps good and bad...
Any recommendations here? Most are very simple designs (a good thing) and there seems to be quite few single ended 6bq5 types. Plenty of Magnavox, some Motorola, RCA, but a few seem better than others. Pilot SA232 is great but too pricey. Also, I've heard an old Magnavox germanium amp and was pleasantly surprised.