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Does that mean that some judicious tube rolling on the 007tII could make it a better choice than the 727?
No, according to Spritzer, the problem is Stax is putting 700 volts on a tube designed for 300 volt maximum on the plate. No matter what tube you roll in to those sockets in the Stax amp, NONE of them will be tubes designed to run at 700 volts. The Stax has nine-pin miniature sockets wired for 6CG7 tubes.
See
http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6cg7.html
A 6FQ7 will work in that socket, but it's only rated a little higher than a 6CG7. (6CG7 is rated 300 volts max on the plate, 6FQ7 rated at 330 volts
http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6fq7.html )
So, you see, just trying GE vs RCA, etc, 6CG7's isn't going to get you a tube that likes 700 volts. Nor is finding a pin-compatible tube like a 6FQ7... and I don't know any other tubes you could just plug in to the amplifier. You could install octal sockets so you could use full-size tubes like pairs of EL34's, which are rated up to 800 volts on the plate. But of course this is a much different tube and you can't just substitute it in the circuit without making substantial changes to the circuit. So you'd have to redesign the whole output stage.... and before long you'd have something like a Blue Hawaii or DIY T2....