Bokeh Suede and Auteur Solid Suede are two other choices a lot of us find good on the AC. I prefer Caldera Suede overall though.

Well it’s past 10pm and still no Aegis. I called FedEx around 5:00 today to try to get some info after a second day of no attempted delivery despite the tracking status saying “out for delivery” both days. They said it would be here by 8:00pm tonight. Wrong again, sadly. It’s hard to get your...

Lesson learned. I’ll definitely have my next FedEx delivery held at a location. I was optimistic this time since my wife was going to be at home Friday when it was an initially scheduled, and then after the delay I’ve been home all day Saturday waiting for it. They still haven’t attempted...

Just need to vent somewhere about how bad FedEx is. My Aegis was scheduled for delivery between 11-3 yesterday, so I had my wife at home ready to sign for it while I was at work. Then it gets delayed until today. No explanation, just the word “Delay”. This morning it says “out for delivery” as...

My Aegis “out for delivery” again today. Fingers crossed!

How long are y’all finding the Aegis takes to warm up and sound it’s best? As I recall, my Quicksilver used to take about 20-30 minutes.

Thanks, Wes! I think I'll order a cover with a height of 10.75 inches to give myself a little wiggle room.

I'm about to order one of these custom fabric dust covers on eBay for my Aegis. Did we ever reach a consensus about how tall the amp is with the tallest output tubes including adapters? I know my potato masher rectifier is a huge tube as well, so if the amp with stock tubes is 8" tall, what...

The FedEx tracking for my Aegis just went from "out for delivery" to "delayed" until tomorrow. Can't say I'm surprised, but it's disappointing. One more day of waiting...

I know @DenverW has been using Bendix 6889 output tubes with adapters in his Aegis. I don’t see them listed on the tube compatibility spreadsheet. Do they require a high Vdrop rectifier? @L0rdGwyn

I also have an MJ3, and my OG Auteur sounds great on it. With that being said, I think my little SW51+ tube amp (that I just sold in anticipation of the Aegis) sounded just as good, and at times seemed to bring an added dimension to the sound the MJ3 couldn't quite match.

I’m hoping you’re wrong since I just bought an Aegis! I guess a really nice tube amp can give you the best of both worlds. That’s my hope at least!

What's the difference in these 1579 tubes and the much more common 6N9S?

Thanks for the input everyone! I’m going with Option 1. This will allow me to get a good idea of how the amp sounds in its stock form for the first few weeks. It will also give the amp a chance to burn in at the same time. That way when I start rolling tubes, the amp itself will have...

For those AC owners with an Aegis, are you favoring the low, medium or high output impedance, and are you using the 6.35mm or 4-pin XLR output? I’m also interested in what tube combinations others have found to sound great with the AC. I’m going to stick with stock tubes while the amp burns in...