Usually and eventually you will need a preamp, but considering the SDT's own volume control, I would get a Red Wine Audio Signature 30 (well under your budget) or better yet Signature 70 monoblocks (stretching the budget a bit). Either of those will let you have the cake and eat it: You get the musical warmth and clean power w/o immediate need for a good pre. An excellent chip amp such as Audio Sector or Scott Nixon will either come close or exceed the other's performance, depending on your priorities. An excellent SS amp such as Odyssey stereo or monoblock or FirstWatt will be impressive too, but I don't know if you can stand the sterility in the long run. That is, before you add a really good preamp.
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