Agreed that a tube pre and SS power sounds good, this is what i run. You get the tube magic and ss oomph. Doing a home theater with the bottlehead amps, well you need a processor and then plug each one in for each seperate channel. But like i said, if you really want tube power for under 500 then vintage is probbly your only option. There are some amps cheap. ASL wave 8's for one, although they are no longer made. but also lack power. With a vintage amp theres a good chance you would want to replace the electrolytic caps and possibly other parts so you get some of that DIY in there too
