If anyone is still experimenting with tube rolling in their TP 2.0 preamps, in my system I've yet to find a better tube for locations one and three than an early 60's Siemens Cca, but I recently bought a NOS pair of 60's Siemens E88CC with the A-frame halos and put them in locations two and four and the combination is really musical. The A-frames seem to have a larger soundstage with a little more airiness. This combo sounds better to me than all Cca's in the four positions. Here are some similar A-frames to the ones I found, except mine are date coded A3, while these are A6:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Siemens-JAN-6922-Matched-Pair-Gold-Pin-E88CC-7308_W0QQitemZ320143186035QQihZ011QQcategoryZ67816QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I'm still experimenting with output caps but for the time being I am back with the original upgraded Hovlands. I'm going to try two more caps and then make my final decision. Happy listening everyone. I hope you're enjoying your systems.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Siemens-JAN-6922-Matched-Pair-Gold-Pin-E88CC-7308_W0QQitemZ320143186035QQihZ011QQcategoryZ67816QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I'm still experimenting with output caps but for the time being I am back with the original upgraded Hovlands. I'm going to try two more caps and then make my final decision. Happy listening everyone. I hope you're enjoying your systems.