I'll get back to you all on this soon. I can't wait! In fact Howard, I'm going to order some Tung Sol 12AX7 just to have them on hand for the party.
Ned, back when I had my IE4 preamp, I actually used the Channel 3 (EG3) for leads with gain at about 1 or 2 O'clock and I used the Channel 4 for a Marshall style rythm sound, gain at about 10:30. It was cool. The 4 was a little brighter. I am curious to see how the latest version will compare having already owned the other two previous to them.
Just a side note, by my calculation that was the 412th misspelling of the word rithem on this forum (?????) Ha!