the amp is now with me to fix some issues...
gain is way too high so took care of that,
the 0A2 regulator blinks, a sign that is it is
running out of current on music peaks,
took care of that too..
noticed that one sylvania 12W6 red plates at 15 volts bias,
so i replaced the entire set with RCA 12EN6's,
no more red plates....
the current setup now is, 12EN6 output tubes, 5814 long tail pair phase inverter,
and 12AV7 as input tube....although the JJ 12at7 and siblings had more gain and decent sound,
i found out that 12AV7 is even better in that spot, perhaps becuase the 12AV7 has lower rp than the
12at7.....so i am working the amp real hard now.....