I was thinking about a Princeton myself, Then I found the site for Allen Amps, and have only herd good things, I watched a video on You Tube and liked what I heard. The quality in most of the under $1000 tube amps are not what I am looking for, But the Allen line seems to be right on par with what I had in mind when I was considering the Princeton, Minus the mass production. I am so tired of looking at the common market that I am willing to take a chance on the Allen. I'll continue to play my solid state Fender and Marshall until I get the Chihuahua. I've returned a lot of smaller tube amps lately, They just had too many issues that I don't want to deal with.