Honestly I've always been underwhelmed with anything in the main stage(s) by anything other than a 12AX7. It always sounds like it's a bit winded and struggling, if that makes any sonic sense. Kinda sterile. Now obviously ymmv.
Curious to see how this works out. I have mine facing the lamp with most of my different builds but maybe more random light and higher sensitivity? I've been close on builds but never seem to able to get the roundness of the original. My builds tend to sound more on-off-on-off. Or just too weak.
I really liked this circuit and used it for a while at low to medium gain but even then the noise was a bit much. Still you got the notion that the ROG folks were on to something here. I'll have to dig thru my bin to see if I still have the original. Honestly, I think I sold it.
That looks stellar. I like the fonts. They're bold without taking up too much attention. Your builds never fail to impress and this is no exception. That said I was never a fan of the Snow White and although I built it up twice it just never did it. My fave is the Aion version of the...
That looks awesome. You've totally blown up a myth though: I thought the tolerances in these tiny little buggers was supposed to be tight. So I get a bad case of the squints for nothin'?