I'd love to see a picture of your amps.
I'll see what I can dig up. Currently I'm living in another state for a work contract and had to put my vinyl/tubes/horns system into storage.
The amps are huge (6 chassis), mainly because the powersupply uses oversized transformers, tube rectification (6CJ3), DC heaters, choke input and polypropylene caps. The top chassis for each channel is a simple Jarrah wood box with a brass plate top and 2 813's and 2 6H30's on it. The 813's throw enough light that you can easily read by them, and enough heat that I prefer not to use them in summer.
And here's a pic I found of a pair of 813's alight from Robert Wills page to give you some idea of what they look like at night.
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rwillis/alex/813s_aglow.jpg My mono block output tubes are EL509's
I like the EL509's; great tubes, and one of the types I'd like to experiment with further when I move back home. And any tube with a topcap is cool in my books.
My SC150's (with ST70 for the rear speakers)
Nice amps! I'm a big fan of the late David Hafler's ST70.
(Message edited by Somatic on July 09, 2004)
