I think it best that you steal his credit card then lock him in a room order him a mk2 and be done with it.

Hell you can buy a cheap snot amp for a hundred pounds or so. I picked up a top class 6/5 channel sony amp second hand for a hundred.

If he has seen an emepg he won't be happy with any other solution as most of them are flawed in one way or another.
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P.Allison fixer of big engines Mk2+Mk2a signed by God / Hacked by the Lord Aberdeen Scotland