Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k

The amp puts out quite a bit of heat any any 100 watt, fully class A amp does & especially tubes. Ensure it has plenty of breathing room. I e also noticed it takes at least an hour or so warming it up to sound its best. Best of luck . It’s a great piece!

@gregjacob 

Does it have to be tube if it sounds just as smooth and detailed as a good tube amplifier??

atmasphere

In my experience, there is a spacious dimensionality in high-quality tube amps that I never quite hear in SS amps of the same caliber / price range.  Texture and tone, particularly in acoustic and wood instruments. Also, the assured warmth without loss of lucid definition. And today's good tubes don't suffer from labels such as "slow," "tubey" or from any background hiss. Certainly, SS is easier to manage at all the points we all know... I went from British SS amps to tube amps a while back, and it's hard to go back.  But I'm always listening for good SS as well... Recommendations?

OP,

I completely agree. The musical nuance you get with good quality tube amplification is hard to meet with solid state. Once I went to tube amplification there was no going back.

@jonwolfpell Just fired up the Rogers High Fidelity EHF-200 MK2. 

WOW. And THANK YOU! You can get some sleep now:)

Out of the gate I installed some NOS Telefunken EF86 tubes (Roger said don't waste money on expensive 12AX7s so I didn't). So I expect the sound to get even better. But the head room is pretty much unlimited now.