Best amp under $6k, in your opinion?

Regardless of room size, speakers etc - buy used Musician III (about $3k) - send it to Spectron for factory upgrade to Mk2 - $1.5k and for $4.5k total you have one of the best amps in the world.

Problem is that used Musician III is soild within 24 hours.

New Musican III Mk2 retails for $7k - so find a good dealer and press on price and you will get a new for slightly above $6k.

I don't have to describe the amp - do search on Interent or go to Spectron Audio web site for professional reviews. No amp with retail cost below $15k can come even close to this one - midrange of the best tubes amps combine with the iron clad control of the bass

All The Best
Rafael

Rafael,

thanks for the tip, I owned MIIISE previously, but Im hoping to find something better, is the MkII such an improvement?

Here are a few:

Bryston 4B SST stereo or 7B SST monoblocks (used)
Nuforce Ref 9 V2 SE monoblocks
Belles 150A or 350A Reference monoblocks
VAC 160 Musicbloc monoblocks (used)
VAC Phi 110/110 Stereo (used)
Spectron Musician III MK 2
H20 M250SA monoblocks

All of them would work very well. The best is up to listener preference.

You should also ask SP Tech for their recommendation.

Tvad, whats your amp at the moment?
I wasnt overly impressed with the Spectron MIIISE. Is the MkII that much better?
The others I havent heard.
H2O looks interesting.

the spectron blows away the H20s. Plus, anything I've had tube or solid state!