Hey Scott,
Just noticed your post here.
My 222 came to me in excellent working condition, so I haven't done anything with it. I really like the tube tuner as well - it's very accurate in tuning and the sound is really good. I would like to get the Mapleshade mods done on my 222 one of these years.....
The AE's are a good fill in until I can free up some money for some full range single driver speakers. They were $115 shipped from Audiogon and are pretty well balanced. Not the greatest detail or best bass/treble, but overall nice.
I got married back in October - that among other things has somehow soaked up any extra money that was available
One really good thing is that she enjoys listening to music as much as I do and can hear system changes better than I can. She loves the sound of the Scott and is sold on tubes at this point
