New old 1950’s Tung-Sol 12AU7s for my BHK pre…
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Very nice 
Really nice tubes, can I ask where you sourced them?
Best,
-JP
Congrats Vince!!
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Man, that’s one gorgeous piece!!!
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Congrats Vince, simply gorgeous! Enjoy.
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This sounds so different then the BHK 250. It’s going to take a little while to reacclimate. I may need to re-toe the speakers but I am going to wait until I get used to it.
First impression: very smooth. A little tubey.
If you are curious, the books in the background are our cookbook collection.
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Congrats! Sounds like classic Jeff Rowland. Give it some time and I’m sure you’ll find it interesting.
You’ve got me beat (for the cookbooks)! I have only 6 shelves worth (not counting my years of Bon Apetit, Cook’s Country, ATK, etc). 
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Tube Depot.
They are terrific sounding…
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I thought you were looking for a center channel amp, wasn’t it? The amp is a stereo amp, so it replaced your BHK250 for two channels. It looks gorgeous!
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Audio porn for certain!
Congrats my friend!!
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Some companies had/have a sense for design…and the will to let their customers for it 
Really gorgeous design!
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as in…warmer sounding than BHK??
Yes, I think so in the mids. My Wife said “silky”. I’m going with that.
Also, I get the impression that the bass is a bit deeper and faster. There’s quite a way to go before I get through my demo material. Currently listening to Karen O and Danger Mouse. It sounds fantastic.
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Great pics, congrats!
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Thank You Sir!
Just ordered a pair, I have a lot of 12AU7’s but no Tung-Sol
It will still sound odd just with a blacker background.
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Congrats Vince!
Nice pictures which serve well this piece of art and design.
Let us know more after a long musical Weekend…
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A man of taste!
The pictures and (results) of the activities described in the cookbooks cover all the senses:
- beautiful room and equipment to look at (visual)
- great sound (feel and hear)
- good food (smell and taste)
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