Alex looks like a very anxious guy in your story !   A great chapter, more intimate than the previous, really nice. Still lacking pictures, that said  

Just a question of adapting it. Glenn can fix that for sure.

I'm worried to see the thread going in a dangerous direction.   While being top notch resistor, those naked Zfoil are fragile and are not rated for a tube amp, hardly for the input stage.   And mixing power tubes, that's borderline crazy. You must ask Sword Yang at LittleDot about this...

I clearly stated q while ago that the resistor upgrade over those blue piece of sh... is as big as the cap upgrade. I don't know if there is any metal into those metal films, but them being in the signal path is naughty.

Are you sure your source doesn't have a design flaw with balanced outputs ?

Don't know, I believe they aren't used anymore in actual builds. Not expensive to send them some Kiwame or replace them yourself. It's worth doing.

We must meet. I have the tubes you are seeking, and i need to hear a BA.

Cleaner than my TS 6F8G, but less fun than the KR VT-231. Remermber that my experience is limited to my personal system...

I may, but they are just regular Melz perforated anodes, like the last topic's pic.

I have recently received a pair of perforated anode Melz and I'm totally blown away. They are just better than everything I had in driver position in my system. Darker blackground, effortless and natural detail, almost Sylvania-like treble, and great neutrality with something special in the...

Not very much. I think the original value is well chosen, I went from 0.22 to 0.68µF, the bass presence is quite the same but much higher quality.

My amp is working flawlessly without any cooling, since it's waiting for a custom bottom I haven't even began. How far are you into the mods ?

NIB = new in box

I replaced them because they were cheap chinese stuff. They overheat often (it happend to some headfiers), and one of mine was brown. Carbon film are higly regarded for tube amps, and Kiwames are "burn proof". Have them replaced, I'm positive you'll hear the difference.   If your friend is...