[TV MAN]

I have to agree on the 2nd kit I posted. I thought it was high priced also, but did include the e-caps. The 1st kit sounds a little better, but I am going to do a little more reading and studying before I hit the trigger. Concerning the tubes, back in the early 90's, with absolutely no advice available, I would often re-tube something like a radio or TV. Most of the time it would improve the performance considerably, and at that time, tubes were fairly cheap. My 1st Fisher was no exception and it got re-tubed with the Westinghouse tubes, made in the USA. Aside from the lousy stereo reception, it worked flawlessly. I tried a set of 7025 tubes in a Dynaco preamp that I re-tubed and they (made in Yugoslavia) were terrible. Noisy. So I put 12AX7s back in. I have found most of the tubes I pulled (I seldom throw anything like that away) from the Fisher and Dynaco. Most test strong and balanced, a few not so. I tried a Russian 12AX7 JJ, and it tests on the low end of the spectrum. Probably OK in something that a lot of gain isn't needed. Anyway, thanks for the advices and help so far! Keep it coming!