Tube rolling in Cary SLI 80

I swapped my tubes about 2 months ago. Ediswan vintage for the preamp, Raytheon nos 6sn7 , and lastly Svetlana kt88. It made a world of difference in every respect! The bass was tighter and deeper. The soundstaging was much fuller. It was like getting a completely new amp. Talk to kevin Deal at upscale audio. He knows this amp better than anyone else and has several tube options. Go for it! You'll be happy you did.

Thanks for the info, what did these changes cost?

I'm not sure of the thread name, but it's basically something along the lines of "Rogue Tempest/Cary SLI-80 SIg shootout". I did a whole comparison about 9 months ago.
Went thru the whole thing, documented it pretty well. Good luck finding it, it should contain some useful info.
Also, guys, the reason that I decided against the Cary (THE ONLY reason, as it was superb otherwise with $500 in NOS tubes) was the soundstage. I never was convinced that the sound was coming from a fake stage somewhere in the space between the speakers, whereas with the Rogue, it was obviously so. What do you guys think about the stage on the Cary?

Gthirteen, I found your old post, great stuff there! What has really improved the soundstage for me is the use of Virtual Dynamics Nite power cords, HUGE improvements, My next step is to replace the stock tubes with NOS. Where should I start here?

Start with the 6922 tubes (the stock Sovteks are crappy)
THen do the 6sn7, then the Rectifiers , then the power tubes last. I like the ELectro Harmonix 6550 power tubes.

CHanging the 6922 and the 6sn7 should make a big difference.

I have bought from vintagetubeservices.com (you can RETURN tubes if they don't suit you, but they are SLOW) and Upscale Audio, and I recommend both highly.

good luck!

Joe