hmmm

how about a pair of Audion Silver nights?

you can get these 300b monoblocks for £800-£1300 depending where you get them. About 25w p/ch if I remember correctly. Badchamp has some.

Bonus is, they have volume controls on them so you can stuff your phono stage straight in.

Is that too much ££?

How much were you planning to spend?

Failing that, a second hand WAD kit would be my reccomendation for tighter budgets (sub £500).

Personally Id take the risk and get the Koetsu sorted... but thats a personal call..

options options!

Chris