Hey!
https://www.amazon.com/Willsenton-R8-Integrated-Amplifier-Headphone/dp/B08133TH98/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B08133TH98&th=1 For $1450 in the US with free shipping on Amazon I have to say it looks impressive, especially the silver one. I've noticed this going around the net and YouTube lately... yeah, being in lock down most of the last year got me watching those audio stuffs on YouTube.
I had a conversation with my audio friend about how audio stuffs cost these days, especially the cost of tube equipment. I told him that China will have a good chunk of the market in tube equipment of $3000 and below. To make something like that in the US with point to point wiring will be too costly. Compared to little class D on PCB, tube amp like that take forever to make. Tube technology is a matured technology and it is now about who can make quality and reliable tube stuffs at a cheaper price.
By the way.... I see in the spec listed frequency responds as "10Hz 40kHz (+/-0.5db) " if that is true then that would be very impressive and better than the output transformers in my SET amps!
OK, I want to make it clear that I'm not knocking on Chinese made stuffs here. There are some great stuffs coming out from there in recent years. I'm still using my little $40 TDA1543 DAC kit that I got years ago from China. So, with that... I'm a tube kinda guy so it is good to see more affordable tube stuffs so more people can enjoy the sound of tubes.
Anyway, if anyone have this amp or something similar in NYC and don't mind me checking it out please let me know, I am very curious about this.
Buddy