Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2

The factories were owned by Philips. They were the parent company and manufactured Philips tubes, Miniwatt, Amperex, Radiotechnique, Valvo, and Mullard UK.

And a tall bottle tube does not mean it has superior sonics. Short bottle tubes can have either short plates or long plates, O-getters or D-getters. The tooling inside the bottle dictates the sonics.
The Amperex 7316 PQ Foil-getter (short bottle) is their premium industrial tube and currently costs about $300 per tube.
https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649354167-rare-d-getter-7316-amperex-tube-highest-quaility-ulima...

I agree the Miniwatt PQ/SQ is a best buy. It may be the best of the Miniwatts and 12AU7 Bugle Boys.

well i am happy with  the PSQE80CC, ,, I'm seekinga  great AX.
I have the Shu T' series, really fantastic looking build,,,have some Philips Miniwatts comming anda  friend is sending me his fav the RCA tall grey plate,,not sure which design,,Hopefully its like the RCA/Baldwin/1957's,, what a great beefy looking build. 
He says it is what i am looking for..so that will bea  shootout with 3 top design tubes. ,,I'll post the results.,,,I am only keeping  1 quad,, the other 2 will be sold off. ,,my days of collecting tubes are over. . 

Now i am working on finding a  super special 12AX7 for the Defy 7,,,no, not just any old AX,,I am looking for the Holiest of Holy Grails. 
RCA long greys?
PQ amperex?
Shugaung T series? 
No one can say for sure unitl i roll these 3 pairs in 3 weeks. Will post findings. 
Only 1 gets the cigar,,the other 2 are set for the chopping block. I don't collect tubes, sorry, those days are gone, You go ahead and collect, Not me, 1 set is all i need

OK, she's singing now, and I have alotttttt of mods/upgrades to make in my entire system. 
I want 1st off to thank whoever mentioned that the AU section tubes is the biggest gain for pre amp section, NOt the AX section, he is correct, when i swapped out the AU's for E80CC's, the sound fq resolution increased DRAMATICALLY, Like Night to bright sunshine.
The AX section, I am not hearing much a  dif twix, Siemesb  $$$$$$$ tubes vs any old AX (except NOT cheap chinese and russian AX's which are both worthless trash). 
All NOS tubes made in the late 50's, 60's are ALL EQUAL IMHO, = Do not drink the snakeoil about Siemens. Sure they area miniscle better, possibly,,I am in a  long testing period of AX;s. 
At the end of the testing, in about 4 months,, it is my belief my theory of ALL NOS AX;'s are EQUAL,,will prove true. 
The real deal ina  AU/AX pre section is the critical AU's. as someone here , maybe in this thread, mentioned is the CRITICAL tube in the Jadis Defy7. 
= no need to spend $$$$$$$ in the AX section, any old NOS, RCA/Amperex, Tele, Siemens/Philosp, Syvania, etc etc,,will work just fine..

My purpose of this post is to take some of the snakeoil out the sellers market in *Holy grail* AX tubes. Its all bunk, snakeoil.
The true Holy Grail is the Crwon Jewel of all AU's, the E80CC.
I have Siemens  and Philips SQ. 
The Siemens givea  miniscule edge over the Philips = Equal.
ou can see and hear my stereo in action
@3:30 is a  shot of the incredible 
~~~SUPER TUBE~~~~
The E80CC.
Tungstom, Philips, Tele, Siemens, = Equal. 
AX's NOS = Equal, save your cash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9nf1GTM9Y

Mahler, what are your components? I'd like to see a pic of your amp if possible. I couldn't really see the layout of the tube stages. What output tubes are you using?