Golden Tube amps


These look interesting to me and have some good prices. Anyone have some opinions on these? Reliability? Sound quality such as sound staging, detail and of course realism. I have never owned tube, so don't know the problems that come with tubes in general.
r32657
I had a SE-100 hooked up to Magnepan 1.6 speakers and the sound was wonderful until the amp sparked and a flame shot out of it. I had it repaired and never used it again. They are very nice sounding amps but I would go for something like a Rogue or McIntosh.
Well, my friend Mark just picked up the amp from Triode. I just want to state to anyone following this thread, and I will use the name Triode here, Triode does exactly what he says he will do.

Thank you Triode for the opportunity to repair and modify, and own a tube amp I would have had to save probably a year to purchase, and still have to repair.

Mark and I are making arrangements to meet up so I can pick up the amplifier and bring it home.

It will be in a nice home, and I will update you as to what I am doing to it, and when it is finished.
Thanks
Jeff
I picked up a modified SE-40 a few months ago and have been really happy. Sounds so good I'm on the prowl for another to run as a pair. The power is barely enough to run my NHT superpowersuckers but the addition of a second should cure that. I shouldn't comment on reliability as it's only been a few months but from what I gather the mods cure any issues.

My question is this: How the heck do I bias the tubes? I'm new to this, what tools do I need? I'm very handy and electronically inclined, is it absurd to do it myself? I'd rather not fork over my hard earned cash for something I can do myself.