I'll keep those ideas in mind guys!
Long day at work, worked the holiday too, and through the weekend! A five day marathon, that's a lot for me.
Luckily had something to look forward to when I got home, got the first of my 5687s to compare, RCA bronze plate, here next to the Tung-Sol 5687WA I've been using in Zach's amp.
I wanted to test the viability of rolling input tubes on changing the tone of the amp, happy to say the effect is very noticeable. I felt the amp sounded a bit "dry" since changing to 5687, but I happened to read a few comments describing the Tung-Sol 5687WA as having a dry character. The RCAs, by comparison, are more full and smooth without the dryness. I would say I prefer them! Glad the amp can be tuned a bit using these tubes. Still waiting on the GE 5-star (which, believe it or not GE haters, have rave reviews) and Amperex E182CC, should have those early next week.
Waiting for some final parts, so figured out do some tube research for Zach in the meantime.