If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98

Nice easy find @billpete and this is good news, happy for you. Okay, let that baby bake in for a week with the supplied tubes and maybe turning it on/off a few times cycling the tubes hot cold a few times. Two of my own Cary amps and preamps had the Jensen Gold oilers and they are not too bad. I left mine in the 98 pre as-is, and chose not to use the same Mundorf EVO SGOs like I have in my amps though.  

It'll be interesting to get your thoughts after you and your ears settle in with it more.
Happy Listening for the weekend! :) 

@harpo75 

@harpo75 

Yup, I'm fully aware of the nub/keyway on umbilicals. When it dropped in to where I could tighten the nut, I assumed all was well but yet something didn't feel "quite right". I never thought it would go in far enough to tighten the nut if the nub wasn't lined up. My eyes in evening light, not so good. I am old and have AMD. These things always go by feel for me. Lesson learned. I do think I dodged a bullet in that it didn't fry itself. I am very pleasantly surprised in what I hear even from new stock tubes. Thanks very much for your help.

It’s OK billpete. It happens to the best of us. Even as a technician it happened a couple times to me. Among other things! I’m retired and a few years out from my tech days. First my back went, then my neck went-had a fusion, now my knee is gone. Sucks getting old! It’s a good thing your body doesn’t fall apart till your old, young people couldn’t handle this.

As a tech the worst thing that ever happened to me I think was being shocked by a CAD-805 amp that was wired wrong. An assembler wired the main B+ directly to a speaker post so that every time I grabbed hold of the chassis to turn it over and I grabbed the speaker post I got shocked by 1000 volts even with it off. It took a second time getting shocked, which turned my finger white and burnt a deep hole, to realize where I was being shocked from. Believe me 1000VDC will make your muscles spasm good. And that’s with the amp off and unplugged. Those caps hold a charge for a while.

@harpo75 

Thanks for that. I concur, getting old absolutely sucks and you're right, young people could not handle it. I've had multiple back injuries, including a fracture and multiple ruptured disks. Lots of hard and heavy work and now I'm paying for it. No surgeries yet, hope to keep it that way. No pills either. Eyes getting worse, might need cataract surgery one of these days. Ok, enough of that. I think this place is supposed to be about music. :)

Can't imagine how that felt. I hate electricity.....or at least the bite that it has. It's no wonder there are so many warnings on this stuff. I seem to draw static charges and get shocks when no one else does. I may be one of those negatively charged types. I guess I should be careful in lightning storms. I do know an auctioneer who has been struck twice. I joke that someone is trying to tell him something. 

Anyway, thanks for all. I will try to post some pics of the "innards". 

@billpete I seem to draw static charges and get shocks when no one else does. 

Your system likes you and is pulling you in to become part of the electrical and audio circuit now, LOL.  On that note, surely you are well aware, in any case, be sure not to touch a screwdriver or metal object on the screw heads or ingoing leads on any of those capacitors in the power circuit or signal path. Interesting about it having hexfreds in your preamp too.  Keep us posted on the listening notes every few days and whether you like it or not.  Others will follow this thread later too.