Yeah, I told you that already in a different thread about having to replace all four 34's and do the bias and then pull out the middle two and put the YJ's back in. Sometimes I forget what I've already said. Thank goodness, you keep up on all of it. (I was just joking about the Telefunkens, but wouldn't it be cool to say that your amp had, "Four Telefunken gray plate power tubes!")
I'll try to keep my nose clean and stay on the tubes instead of going off on little side trips. Actually, I wish I could get it out of my head, because I really don't want to put a 35 pound power tranny in my amp. I've had multiple hernia surgeries in the past. I don't need another. The TSL122 is a load all by itself. I don't need to add another 40 pounds to it with multiple tranny mods.
None of the tubes have showed up yet. That's some slow-ass shipping. I'm looking forward to A/B'ing the 12AX7A's up against the RCA 7025 in the V1 slot. I'm also going to experiment with those slip on tube shields and try them on at least V1 and V2. I run a lot of effects on the front end of the amp into the clean channel. The cleaner it is, the better the effects sound. Such as a Boss CE-3, it gets all shimmery and I really like that sound. I think I will probably be taking out some of the USA tubes and replacing them with current production, such as a JJ or a Tung-Sol. I don't think I need to use real nice tubes in all of the slots. I think V3 and V4 are candidates for cheaper tubes (less critical).
Did you read that reply I made to cudamax about matching tubes? I read a large report and it basically stated that V4 (phase invertor) "does not" need to be a close match. So much for the "must be matched" mentality.
I'll post the tube results when they get here. Marty
