Tubes for Antique Sound Lab 1009

You're not kidding about the weight. I helped the local dealer get an order from a customer who audtioned my pair. His room was upstairs and it was tiring.

Thanks Tabl10s. I am in Asia and sending these heavy amps half-way around the world is not cost effective.

Can't help with the caps. $1800 will get you the full mod through the distributor for ASL.

Hi Tabl10s and Tpsonic, any idea?

For the V-cap, is 0.22 uF 600 DC the correct value to use for this amp?
On the VH Audio website, the picture of the V-cap shows red and green wire on each end. The ASL 1009 shows white and yellow wires to the existing caps. Do the wires on the V-cap and amp have to match or it does not matter? What is a good way to hold the V-caps down?

The V-cap is a more dynamic and transparent unit,especially in the high frequencies.One can debate the warmth/articulation in the mid-bass.

Hi Tabl10s

The amp comes with paper in oil capacitors - these were highly recommended by high-endaudio.com. What kind of improvements do one expect from changing to VCaps?

12au7s:Mazda or La Radio Technique-The Tube Store Or Upscale Audio have these available.
EL-34s:Siemens or Mullard-Upscale has the Siemens.Depends on warm/full or more-open/dynamic (Siemens).

Thanks, Tabl10s and Nutella.

No, I am not going to spend big bucks for NOS 845 tubes like to KR845. I plan to just get Shuguang 845M, as recommended by Ed Sawyer at Audio Asylum. However, I plan to change the 12AU7 and EL34 to NOS tubes. Any recommendations?

VCaps would have to wait - changing tubes first.

Definitely change the stock EL34's for something like SED or Svetlana. The stock were a bit too forward and midrangey for my taste. I noticed a larger improvement with these tubes than with the others. However I did not choose to spend the big bucks on 845's.

When I had my pair, it was going to cost $2k per amp(NOS) for the 845's, so I stopped looking and sold.
Are you going to investigate changing the caps to VCaps?