Josh, let me know what you want to do regarding the BZ7. I'll send you another, but if it goes bad, you will have to call the experiment off. As I told you, combos are real nasty on tubes, because of the speakers and the heat buildup. The tubes are being vibrated by the sound of music. The BZ7's have long plates and this makes it even worse. As I have said, maybe the BZ7 would work great in a TSL100.
When I sent #1 back to the seller, he ended up sending me a Philco BZ7. Would you like to try that one on for size? Let me know. I think I still have our reusable shipping box.
Talk to you later, Marty.