Wolcott amps The best tube amps?

Hope you get them soon, Albert Porter. Looking forward to your feedback. I changed the output tubes from the ones supplied and didn't hear any significant change. They are still numero uno in my taste

The promise has been made for shipment this coming week. It is hard to believe I will finally get my new Wolcott Amps. I look at my first posting here on this subject, on Jan 27th, and realize I have been waiting a long time for completion of these baby's. This latest version of the Wolcott's, with the new wide band transformers and a upgraded configuration on the damping was what I was waiting for, and having (just now) read the newly published review by Dick Olsher, I can hardly wait! If you wish to read the review, go to: http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0700/wolcottaudio.htm This is the strongest review for an amplifier auditioned with a Soundlab speaker that I have ever read. I suspect the comments may have been just as strong if they had been auditioned with different speakers. I say this because my pursuit of this product came primarily from two very good friends recommendations, who feel as Mr. Olsher does about their Wolcotts. Neither of these guys owns Soundlab's, but describe similar performance gains in their own systems. I hope my experience will be a similar one, and I will post results here in some weeks from now.

I was wandering if Albertporter got his wolcotts yet? And how do they sound?

A delay in assembly has caused my Wolcotts to be promised late. I just spoke to Hank at Wolcott, and he says one amp is finished and tested completely, and the second amp is fully assembled and in "burn in." The hope is to ship via Federal Express on Wednesday the 26th, for arrival on Friday. The possibility of me being able to determine the ultimate sound of these in the coming weekend is very unlikely. If they are so special that you can tell right out of the box, that will be rare indeed! The greater chance is that it will require a few weeks of break in to give an unbiased report.

I changed the Sovtek EL34's To the Chinese ValveArt EL34's and got a much better sound. A little more detail and focus. Purchased them from "THe Tubeman" Ken Chait.