EAT E-Glo Petite Hybrid phono stage

I have an E-Glow Petit en route and plan on rolling some tubes over the next few weeks. Has anyone else tried rolling with theirs? Would love to hear/share experiences.

The Petit arrived yesterday afternoon and I listened throughout the evening and left it on all night to burn the tubes in. I've been listening all morning today and I'm just not getting good depth (compared to my McIntosh MP-100). Sound stage feels a bit flat and is not as spacious. For reference, I'm currently using a Hana SL and ART9 carts, and I cycled through both with similar results. I'm not using an SBooster, but have good, clean power. Now the dilemma, do I risk spending another ~$600 on NOS tubes and an SBooster hoping to achieve more depth and space, or do I cut my losses and return it?

Thanks for the input! I'll give it a few more days and see how things shape up. Will report back later in the week.

Nice to see some more posts and experimentation here. Following up on my posts from last March - Since then I have rolled several more sets of tubes, from some very expensive Mullards to some uncommon RCA 7058s. I think 7 different sets in total. I kept coming back to the new production Gold Lions. On my system, they just flesh out vocals in a way all the others I've tried cannot. Naturally, curiosity got the best of me and I have a pair of Baldwins out for delivery today. Thanks @hifi59 . What's one more pair added to the collection? :) Will report back later.

Oh and the Petit did end up replacing my McIntosh MP-100. After making those changes, the holography and more natural sound of the Petit won out. By comparison, the MP-100 sounded a bit too lush and recessed. I have no desire to try any other phono stages at this point, though continuing to tinker with the Petit's tubes is sort of the itch I need to scratch.

Ok, here's some quick impressions of the Baldwins. Mine are a NOS matched pair from 1953, so not exactly the same as @hifi59 but very close. I think the only difference is the getter shape - halo instead of D. I listened to them yesterday for a couple hours, and just left the Petit on overnight to burn in for today's session. The first thing that struck me was that these are, hands down, the quietest tubes I've tried in the Petit. I mean, ink black background with the volume cranked with the Petit set at 65 db gain using my Hana MC cart. Sound was crystal clear, vocal texture detail came through nicely, and elements like reverbs really seemed to extend deep, giving me the impression of a more 3 dimensional space. The tone was very balanced, nothing tilted nor lacking. Perhaps the most interesting difference, to me anyway, was that I could push the volume of my tube amplifier much louder with these tubes in the Petit without any hint of harshness. With the other tubes I've tried, I could only go so far before things started to sound a bit harsh. Though I don't normally listen at those loud volumes, it was fun to push my system and it really sounded incredible. So, thanks to @hifi59 for the reco! They are a better match for my system and have officially dethroned the Gold Lions. They were also one of the cheapest sets I've bought. Can't wait to try my other cartridges with these tubes in.

I wanted to follow up to my previous comments now that I've had the Petit for a few weeks:
The Petit responds very well to tube rolling with the caveat that phono-grade tubes MUST be used. It is very sensitive to tube noise, so noise-graded tubes are essential. The stock tubes, which appear to be Slovakian JJ type 12AX7s, are very quiet, however I found them to be lacking depth and space. Out of several matched sets, new production Gold Lions were far and above the better sounding tube in my system. They had more depth, space, and female vocals were simply outstanding, goosebump territory. I'm currently using some new Tung Sols, and they are nice, but don't have that lifelike vocal midrange that the Gold Lions do. So, if you have a Petit, tube rolling can be of great benefit as long as you are using the best noise-graded tubes possible. I look forward to rolling some more exotic tubes in the coming months and will report back on those results.

In addition to rolling, I recently replaced the stock wall wart with a nice linear power supply (SBooster). The results were very subtle, but gave me the impression of a more organized soundstage (especially during complex passages) with slightly more depth. The noise floor was also slightly improved, but is still very dependent on the tubes being used. For me, this was also a worthwhile upgrade.

To sum things up, I probably would not have kept the Pettit had I not been able to roll the tubes and improve the power supply. Those two "upgrades" gave me the results I had hoped for and more, and make the Petit perform at the level I need for my system. The upgrades I did bring the Petit to $2,000, so that must be considered. My testing was done using MC carts: Hana SL, AT-ART9, and AT-OC9/III. 65db gain seems to be the sweet spot for all these carts.