Dipping my toes into EL84 tubes

I’ve had the original Dynaco SCA-35 integrated amp with nos tubes to power Advent smalls and JBL L-26’s and very much liked it. As mentioned above the Dynaco ST-35 and Tubes For Hi-Fi reproduction are a good choice although I’ve never done a side by side comparison . At a budget of $1K you are pretty limited , plus you will probably end up tube rolling too. A really nice keeper but way above your listed spending is the Quicksilver integrated which paired with a high quality high efficiency speaker can be a real keeper rig. There is a used one on EBay for $1700, that you might take a look at. Or a new one from Quicksilver. Happy Hunting , Mike B.  https://www.audioconnect.com/products/quicksilver-integrated-amplifier

Use Mazda of France EL84s that was bought from Brent Jesse before he retired. Pairs nicely with the Telefunken EL83s in the Luxman Sq-N150.

@cns1946 

Did you mean ECC83's?

from Luxman

"We married an input stage of two JJ Electronic ECC83 miniature double triodes to a push-pull output with four JJ Electronic EL84 pentodes".

@corelli   Thanks. It was a fun build. Definitey a "do it once, do it right" scenario.

@gochurchgo 

$1458.94 US

https://www.audioarcan.com/product-page/icon-audio-stereo-20pp