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RE: There is a difference between "self Biasing" and a robot.

"The only tube that produced really undesirable tone was the 6V6."

Which should tell you the problem with the claim that you can plug anything into the amp and the amp will optimize itself. The 6V6 is the best sounding tube of the bunch within its power limits if it is used correctly. There is a combination of current, plate impedance and output transformer reflected impedance which can be optimized for one specific setting. Your "best" tube is going to be very specific to how your particular amp is set up. Using the tubes as tone controls is just adding distortion, you are not getting the best out of any of the tubes except for the one specific tube the amp was designed around. See if you can get them to tell you what that tube is.

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