When I had my pair, it was going to cost $2k per amp(NOS) for the 845's, so I stopped looking and sold. Are you going to investigate changing the caps to VCaps?
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.
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?
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).
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