*Go into any higher end hifi shop and smell the used stuff, cigars. Am I doing it wrong by not smoking cigar's when listening to music? Semi genuine question.
Well, you're doing it wrong with your grocers' apostrophe, but your smoking game would be on point if you combined valves with a pipe, so you don't need to take up the cigar habit. I'd put cigars with wood panelled 70s solid state stuff.
Some interesting equipment in my local Cash Converters.
https://www.manley.com/hifi/neo500
Looks like they are on sale here for £16,599 each here, so eight grand for a pair seems like a huge bargain. https://www.eliteaudiouk.com/product-page/manley-neo-classic-500-monoblock-power-amplifier