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Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows
Minnie Riperton's Don't Let Anyone Bring You Down Try not to cry with happiness when you listen to it.  
Tube change.
Wow! What beautiful amplifiers! Sorry that I thought that they might be VTL's as your's seem to be in another league altogether, at least compared to lower-end VTL's. So all I can say is keep playing with input tubes. Apologies for rambling on abo... 
Tube change.
I agree with Bgross. I'm guessing that you have a pair of VTL 225 amplifiers. I have a VTL ST150 so it may use the same tubes as your's. If your amps take  6350 drivers make sure that they are still strong and balanced. There's not much to be gain... 
The best speaker cables you’ve had
I've had StraightWire, Kimber and Morrow before reading Roger Sanders' article about the right cable for electrostatic speakers. It's not about cost, it's about the correct design for the application. After reading it I bought and terminated Mogam... 
Tubes for a pre stage... matched NEW or unmatched identical NOS?
It's always important to match triodes 1 and 2 in a tube that is run in stereo. While triodes that are off by 10% may not hurt anything you will hear the imbalance. If it were just a matter of one triode having higher gain than the other you could... 
what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history?
I've gotten some good deals over the years. A few years ago I bought a Janis W1 subwoofer for $41.00. I think that it must be the best bargain that I've ever bought. Another one is the inexpensive Dayton Subwoofer amp that I bought to power it tha...