[medium jim]

Maritan:

Yes there was some irrational posts which is confounding to me, as well as some bad information given.  You sir, have the right attitude.  Hopefully the seller will do right by you, but factor this into the equation, how spent were the tubes that were broken in shipment?  My point is that you should ask to split the cost of the new tubes and maybe a little for your time.  This would make you whole and you now have a wonderful amp with new tubes.

Btw, if you think it sounds good now, just wait a hundred hours of use as tubes need to burn-in before they sound their best.  That said, you need to check and rebias as needed after the 1st ten hours and then about each 25 hours until you hit the 100 hour or so point. After this they should have fully formed and you will only need to check the bias every 100 hours or so.

A bit of maintenance goes a long way!

Jim

[Don_S]

Maritan,

Congratulations.  I am glad you only needed replacement tubes and now you are thrilled with the amp.  I hope the seller will help with the replacement costs.

I love happy endings (all kinds). 

[underdawg]

Update. One more Winged C 6550 was shot to bring the tally up to 4 total tubes damaged in transit.

Before I provide a general update, I wanted to address underdawg first - Are you insinuating that getting something shipped via ground is akin to guaranteeing damage and that people who choose this shipping method deserve it? I hope I'm misunderstanding you and that you set me straight.

No I am not saying that. I ship double or  tripple boxed, and I am lucky if buyers are will to pay for double boxed. 99 Percent of the time I eat the additional cost to maintain my feedback at 100 percent for 15 years on ebay and audiogon. I am just tired of people bitchin about the cost of shipping and packing, I dont make the prices it costs me.I am sorry if an items costs you 100.00 and 100.00 to ship it safely, my response if you dont like the shipping and packing costs dont buy it, sad to say most buy and bitch about the cost. I am just venting. If it was me those would have been packed better and yes I would have replaced the tubes. Hope this explains my ranting.

[JakeJ]

Looks like this is going to have a happy ending.  At this point I feel the seller should simply reimburse you for the tubes you bought and both of you can leave positive feedback for the other.  I'm betting the seller has learned a valuable lesson about packing.

[Freo-1]

Looks like this is going to have a happy ending.  At this point I feel the seller should simply reimburse you for the tubes you bought and both of you can leave positive feedback for the other.  I'm betting the seller has learned a valuable lesson about packing.

Sounds very reasonable to me.   

[SteveFord]

I'm glad to hear that it's up and running.
The VTL sound is very addictive...