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

@mozartfan, A fuse will blow before your transformer gets damaged? (not necessarily!)-  the fact that you rolled in a KT150 which a) you couldn't get to bias and b) needs about 600+ volts on the rail..which your transformers were absolutely NOT designed to accommodate. You got lucky my friend, pure and simple...and the fact that the Jadis transformers are built like a tank...I strongly recommend that you get a professional tech's advice before doing something stupid like that again! 

Hey Davey
Yeah my tech guy jumped on me about making rash, , unreflective/not well resrached deciosions about rolling tubes,, Like swapping the 12au7's for the awesome looking E80's, =  The Defy nor the Lite pre (12at7) liked the E80 in the socket..
man that e80 such a beauty.

well those following my journey,,,its comming down to this.
The cayin SC6 Mark2, is not long off, 2 weeks order placed.
If that pre does not trump the Lite (Jadis clone) then I have to options
A) sell the Defy when a  jadis Intergrated comes avaliable
B) purchase a  new Jadis JPL pre at a  bank busting $10 Grand.
I am going to miss the neutrality of the Defy, and its power to deliver solid bass.
+ all the new M caps, + new electrolytics. +  pure copper terminals, speaker/connect posts, etc,,
Randy just called, he will keep the 88's in post new mods,, than later on we can roll to the Svetlana 6550's. 
..So hang in there for 
Part 3 < does the defy have the power to sing likea  Italian tenor?>
stay tuned.
p
new orleans

Here is my latest YT  upload,, sorry for the carrpy mic system, which does no justice to the  wonderous neutrality and dynamics of the SEAS Thor speakers.
Voice is nearly life like (will be superior once added a  new preamp + new xovers)
The thing i have been after these 40+ yrs  in all things audio is ,,Neutrality~dynamics~~ and most of all ~~~Non Fatiguing~~
I'd say the Thor's , ona  scale of 1- 100, receive a 100  score. Bass 100, mids 100, high fq's 100. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Y9WRTjl9c

Ok here is m latest vid showing the mods completed in the Defy. 
Its hard to say how much sonic gaisn have been made, not until i get a  superior preamp. 
But I can say we installed caron Film resistors as last mod,,and i had a  gut feeling some of the fidelity that was present  with the original metal resistors ,,was ~~deleted~~~ so I called andy, and suggested the TAKMAN metal resistors which we ordered and had sitting in his shop, to replace the carbon film.
and sure enough the amp 's sound was improved,,, Caron film tends to smooth out, but whats that? = loss of dynamics. 
IMHO Metal resistors are superior to carbon..so when I get the cayin SC6 which Cayin boasts has Takman carbon res,,its very liekly i will swap those out for Takman Metal. I realize what cayin went with Takman carbon,, as audiophiles perfera  smooth, **warm** voicing,, whereas I much perfer  a  dynamic sound,,which may strike some as analytical =*cold*,,but thats my preference. No doubt thats why cayin chose carbon over the metal. 
No big deal, the cayin SC6 has point to point wiring, so  the  mod should be a  breeze to make.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpVCbHX6jWU&feature=youtu.be

That's why I have s/s....bought it and done