A_Felio

Dobie Gray .. Drift Away Now the song will be in my head.

Main system: Chorus II - Walnut Bedroom System: Heresy I - Walnut

My SLI-80 Signature has the Jensen Copper Foil oil cap upgrade. I'll also check into the tube suggestions. I'm thinking about DIY speaker cables. I do need a project. Archie

My current system consists of the following: Cary SLI-80 (40 wpc Triode/80 wpc UL) 4 - KT-88 Svetlana 2 - 6SN7GT - Chinese - Labeled "Electron Tube" 2 - 6922 - Russian "Red Rocket" (Stock tubes were Sovtek) 2 - 5U4 - No labels w/ black base Ah! Super Njoeb Tjoeb 4000 CD Player 2 - 7308 Seimens Burr Brown OPA 627 OpAmps D.H. Labs Silver Sonic BL-1 Interconnect Klipsch Chorus II w/ 12 ga. copper speaker wire The system sounds great, I'm enjoying music more than ever. My tastes include SRV, Dave Mathews, Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, etc. Very little jazz or classical. Any suggestions on tubes for rolling? I also plan to upgrade the speaker wire. I'm using up some 12 ga. left over from the HT setup for now. I enjoy the forum. Looking forward to comments/suggestions. Thanks, Archie

Thanks for the detailed response. The SLI-80 literature lists EL-34, KT88, 6550 as well as other tubes as suitable, does the CAV-50 also allow this flexibility? As far as music preference goes, I listen to mostly classic rock, some metal and alternative. My jazz listenening is limited to occasional background music.

I recently purchased a pair of Chorus II for my new 2-channel setup. I have an Ah! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 CD for my source. I'm debating 2 different integrated tube amps to accompany these, the Cary SLI-80 Signature (40 wpc Triode/80 wpc UL) and the Conrad Johnson CAV-50 (25 wpc Triode/45 wpc UL). The Cary is going to run a bit under $3000 new, not many used ones available it seems. I can get the C-J for $1300 - 1500 used (+/- $2500 new). Any opinions on either amp would be appreciated.