With Anniversary Mods there is literally nothing that could be done to this amplifier to make it sound better even if money was of little concern. It is a spaceship that allows you to zip across the galaxy at the speed of thought. Resolution an timing are no obstacle. The original bone stock amp has been called the Holy Grail -- and this is like the Holy Grail with Nitrous, which ironically is laughing gas.  

So with a vehicle like this becomes about the tubes themselves.  Tonight I listened to some exotic EL34's in the amp and was floored by what I heard.  It made me want to go to my cherished stash of out of body tubes and try a NOS quad of RCA 7027's...   it just get's your juices flowing.  For people who can't understand the concept of tube rolling think of it this way:

You're in a theater in a OK seat but smashed between two obnoxious people and the acoustics aren't that wonderful either so the whole performance is tainted.  Then you spot someone leaving in what in your mind would be an ideal seat in the whole auditorium so you excuse yourself and briskly walk up to the new seat.   Ahhhhh.   Perfect.   That's tube rolling.

Steve

Well, on second glance and a second read of Steve’s comments, that looks like a cherry case, whereas mine is walnut.  And, although I maxed out the anniversary mods, I did not order the xlr inputs.  But, I am number 18 on the list.  And that’s good enough for me.