Yes, and I like the fact that there are two incarnations for very different tastes and speakers; 1) CS/ZS - Warm/lush sounding optimized for 4 ohms, and 2) Taboo/TS - transparent/live sounding optimized for 8 ohms.

[quote author=Lon  link=1149544554/15#17 date=1149685953]Wow, the CS 'warm, lush sounding'?  Interesting; not my experience. [/quote]
Yeah, my Select is far from Warm and Lush. More like detailed and relentless.

I'd be willing to bet everyone who's just stated their Select's are not warm and lush but rather just the opposite are not using the 6N1P from the factory tube compliment.  Rather you got suckered into more detail and better focus of NOS 6922's and or 6DJ8's.  So basically your amps sound the way you made them sound.  ;)

Lon,
 When I say "warm and lush" that's a positive way of my trying to express the effect of the slight "triode bloom" that the CS has in comparison to the TABOO.  I'll repeat that... compared to the TABOO.  If you have not heard the two amps next to each other as I have, you may not fully understand the difference in how they sound.  Both are lovely, just in different ways, and the speakers they are mated to makes a big difference of course.  And yes the tubes make a big difference.  The cryo treated mil-spec russian tubes gave my TABOO more bloom.  

Well when I say detailed and relentless, I said it in a good way. It’s not like I’m stuck with it that way. I have a bucket of tubes and can re-tube how I want.

Steve is right about focus and detail with the 6922. I tried a dozen different 6922/6DJ8’s in the Select and the current one I use is by far the most focused and had the best layering of instruments from back to front within the soundstage. The EV mods increased detail and speed more then anything else, but the input tube polishes the character.
The EL84’s is what my Select was modified for.  They added more weight and midbass then the SV83’s, the mods gave it back the added detail and speed it might have lost with the EL84’s and the 6922 brought it all into focus.

In comparison to the original tube assortment, my Select is more startling. It has more authority, dynamics a larger soundstage with ALL the detail and nuance you could want (although some want more for whatever reason) and a vocal smoothness that surpasses most amp – period!

Guys, this is really getting my motor going...  So with a few tubes, you can taylor the sound of your amp to suit your wants today.  How cool is that?

OK Steve, does the MKII react the same way?  And to the same degree?

T

First off I hope you guys realize that when I make comments or statements like those in my last post, it is for the lurkers in the forum.  You know, say a guy finds Decware, happens into this thread, reads the select is relentless and just keeps walking.  

When I read a post I always imagine I am that guy.  It motivates many of my responses.  8)