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I have had the bug for a while now, it just takes different forms. When I was 14 I got a job so that I could buy my first amp, an adcom GA-535, and a matching preamp. Bought a pair of Bose AM-5 speakers to go with it as well (didn't know better at the time) I still have pictures of the setup. Got a car and moved on to car audio for a while, and would still be doing so if I had a garage and vehicle, and time to go to all the shows etc. I used a put a lot of high end equipment in cars, (scanspeak, seas, aurum cantus, hiquphon, etc) Decided I was going to build a set bookshelfs for the home and just happened to find this part of the forum....and I got bit.
I can solder and follow a schematic, the jargon may take me a while to pick up on...
By good, I mean relatively low distortion, (I know you sacrafice some with tubes) and enough power to drive a pair of bookshelfs well, I was thinking 15-20 watts but I'm sure it can be done with less. I listen to just about anything that is superbly recorded, for me, it is more about the magic in the setup, not so much the material. $200 sounds reasonable to me
