I absolutely adore valves and would dearly love a pair of Icon Audio monoblock KT88 power amps but I have now found a system that is real music to my ears and so on that basis, I am sticking with what I have. My main issue with valve amplifiers is the cost per unit pleasure. How this would be measurable I do not know but as they are just so expensive, I'll have to give them a miss from now on.

I recently bought a pair of Audiolab 8000M monoblocks for 490 pounds all in that are two years old. Where oh were could I find a pair of mono valve power amps for the same money...??? As stated, I now have a system that produces for me, 'That sound'. I'm hoping I don't get the upgrade bug just for the sake of it as I really do want to expand my vinyl collection from now on.