Need tube help!

Rich, you are not going to believe this, but that review you wrote years ago?  I had recently dug it up and read it!  It was very well written and gave me the nudge to buy this integrated amp in discussion.

Thank you!!!

use NOS tubes for the small signal tubes- research by searching the tube type in various forums- here, steve hoffmann and audiokarma.  also ask Brent from audiotubes.com.  

for the power tubes just buy replacements or ask someone from Upscale Audio, the primaluna importer.  

NOS are $$$.   For preamp tubes the JJ 12ax7 and 12au7 sound great and are reasonably priced.  My only KT88 were Gold Lion.  Pricey but they have thousands of hours on them and not only do they still test strong but they are still tightly matched.  One of the better new production tubes made 

Contact Craig Ness at Ness Tone.  They sound good and are not very expensive.

Tell him Peter from Vu Jade Audio sent you.

Happy Listening  

As @oddiofyl mentioned - NOS are $$$. But once you experience them, it is painful to imagine life without them. And this is coming from a person who resisted tubes for couple of decades.

You can try the Gold Lions or Psvanes. In the "current production" lines, the Psvanes are couple of steps above the Gold Lions or anything else. I speak only for 12AU7s since I do not have experience with KT88 or 12AX7.