You might want to look into the Mapletree Audio linestage, two box, tube regulation, variable gain, and $760 new! Made by hand, point-to-point by a retired Canadian electrical engineering professor and audiophile.
I never thought of the DeHavillands as underated - underpriced? perhaps - but I think they are pretty highly regarded, certainly by those that have heard them.
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