HeavyXIII wrote:My 100W was modded when I bought it. Aside from maybe altering the cap values for the push-pull pots or getting better tube sockets, I don't know why you would. Even then, the sockets are only worth it if you have issues keeping your tubes seated.
I definitely am having tube seating issues. V3 I think. I realized it when i was swapping in different preamp tubes a month or two after i got the aor. If i swapped this mesa boogie tube out of v3, the amp made no noise. Upon putting the mesa back in, the amp works. Any other combination of tube swaps and it was fine. Now, the mesa wiggles itself out of position from the low freq vibrations, at which point it squeeled horribly and i stopped playing the amp.
How hard is the socket replacement? I've done plenty of soldering work but never actually taken apart an amp I owned.