The best? It depends on what you want to do with it. If you plan to use if for home practice and some low intensity ensembles there are lots of choices. <snip> The best of the "new" amps in this class is the Epiphone Valve Junior Half Stack: http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-Valve-Junior-Half-Stack?sku=481475
Great tone. The 12-inch speaker in the separate cab produces a nice fat tone much bigger than the other single-EL84 amps. I use this exact cab with my 20-watt 1953 Masco ME-18 amp. Very impressive and very economical.