well worked out getting the amp tonight and damn is this isn't a major bargain for the sound. Going to roll a bunch of tubes over the next few weeks but very much a value at $850

My local friend has this and he really enjoy his as well.  Unfortunately he recently sold this in favor of a Cavalli liquid carbon amp...so no chance for me to hear this yet.

I have some decent tubes in it so that could also be playing a part Amprex PQ 6922s, Tele Pcc88 and Seimens are all rolling in and out 

Just found one on EBay. No idea what these go for on the used market, just threw a bid on and won!

I am curious if anyone knows, in the newer version that JP has, is the tube used to convert the cyclotron output to single ended? Or is it also used in the balanced output? Seems odd to me.

my understanding is it is part of the gain stage prior to the j-fets but I am seriously technically challenged