Tubes for Antique Sound Lab 1009

Definitely change the stock EL34's for something like SED or Svetlana. The stock were a bit too forward and midrangey for my taste. I noticed a larger improvement with these tubes than with the others. However I did not choose to spend the big bucks on 845's.

Thanks, Tabl10s and Nutella.

No, I am not going to spend big bucks for NOS 845 tubes like to KR845. I plan to just get Shuguang 845M, as recommended by Ed Sawyer at Audio Asylum. However, I plan to change the 12AU7 and EL34 to NOS tubes. Any recommendations?

VCaps would have to wait - changing tubes first.

12au7s:Mazda or La Radio Technique-The Tube Store Or Upscale Audio have these available.
EL-34s:Siemens or Mullard-Upscale has the Siemens.Depends on warm/full or more-open/dynamic (Siemens).

Hi Tabl10s

The amp comes with paper in oil capacitors - these were highly recommended by high-endaudio.com. What kind of improvements do one expect from changing to VCaps?

The V-cap is a more dynamic and transparent unit,especially in the high frequencies.One can debate the warmth/articulation in the mid-bass.