Originally Posted by: horsezensThe best sounding amp is one that is all tube. You just can't fudge good clean tone. A Class A or A/B tube amp will also break up nicely and give you natural compression and sustain. Great tube amp buys can be found with Crate (palomino group), BlackStar, Carvin & Traynor for example. Find the clean you want and add pedals to give you everything from basic distortion to metal.

Tube amps are definitely the way to go. Go on ebay I´m sure you can find something in that price range that´s decent! The Yamaha T100C is around that price range and it´s tube galore!!