Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Or, put it another way, what freely available/current make and model
amps would you regard as 'bad'....???

Any single-ended valve amp....., and IME, any amp costing less than
£200 - except from Richer Sounds!

Stewart, you post a lot of articles that make good sense and over my years
of lurking I've actually learned to treat your opinions with respect, even
if I don't agree with them, but that arrant ******** has destroyed any
credibility you had with me.