A slightly unorthodox idea just occurred to me... Epiphone makes a little 5 watt, class A tube amp, which comes as either a top or as a unit with an 8" speaker. I've always found the sound of tubes with acoustic instruments or voice to be very pleasant, and the price ($120-$150) is very reasonable. Loud they aren't, but in a neighbor-friendly apartment, it should be enough. It might be worth letting one warm up while you're making the rounds of the solid state units in the shop.
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