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Experiences, good and bad, with VTL

Hi all,
I'm strongly considering VTL monos for my system. I'd like to hear from anybody about their experiences. Were they reliable? How often and how much was retubing? Most importantly, how did they sound, relative to other tube amps.

Thanks,
David Shapiro
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lake513
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I have owned VTL mono 125 power amps for over 5 years and have worked perfect. I have had no problems with short tube life with tubes from VTL but now use Tesla J/J EL34's and N.O.S. Telefunken 12AT7 thes are wonderful. I use a Cardas golden power cord and the amp loves them My interconnect is also a Cardas neutral ref. I drive Alon 5 with this amp and could not be more pleased with the sound . this is a very nice amp . marc
lake513
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update i just put in some brimar 12AT7 black plate tubes made in 1958 they are a better than 1970's mullard box plate and about equal to but different than my telfunken right now i love em but will go back to the tele's to see if they really are better will post a follow up
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