Donnwags, yes my hunch is that that the lack of density or body you are experiencing, unless there is some other malfunction in the Flora which I don't think is very likely, is the tubes you are using.
The original tubes were pretty crappy, lack of details, lack of extension, lack of liquidity, ect., my first replacement were NOS Sylvania 6SN7 WGTA 1958 Chrome Domes, that sounded terrific and I thought that was the end of my tube rolling. Well, then my friend Bob was raving about what happened in his system with NOS Tung Sol blackglass oval plates in his preamp. In the Flora these tubes are just magical, everything got much better, for details go back up to my report on this thread regarding the sonic details, my whole system took a step towards the illusion of real music.
Could it be that the type of NOS Tung Sol that you are using are very different sonicly then the blackglass oval plates, or maybe they are not at full strength?
So, I don't doubt your experience at all Donnwags, I'm just surprized that it's happening in your system. The NOS Sylvania Chrome Domes are an easy tube to purchase and are relatively inexpensive, around $200.00. The NOS Tung Sol blackglass oval plates are getting very rare, I was luckly enough to get another matched pair for backups, but both my pairs were expensive at $450.00 per set.
So, I hope this helps, good luck trying some other tubes, if it does not work out and you decide not to keep the Flora send me an E-mail because I have a couple of friends who would be interested if you would want to sell it.
The original tubes were pretty crappy, lack of details, lack of extension, lack of liquidity, ect., my first replacement were NOS Sylvania 6SN7 WGTA 1958 Chrome Domes, that sounded terrific and I thought that was the end of my tube rolling. Well, then my friend Bob was raving about what happened in his system with NOS Tung Sol blackglass oval plates in his preamp. In the Flora these tubes are just magical, everything got much better, for details go back up to my report on this thread regarding the sonic details, my whole system took a step towards the illusion of real music.
Could it be that the type of NOS Tung Sol that you are using are very different sonicly then the blackglass oval plates, or maybe they are not at full strength?
So, I don't doubt your experience at all Donnwags, I'm just surprized that it's happening in your system. The NOS Sylvania Chrome Domes are an easy tube to purchase and are relatively inexpensive, around $200.00. The NOS Tung Sol blackglass oval plates are getting very rare, I was luckly enough to get another matched pair for backups, but both my pairs were expensive at $450.00 per set.
So, I hope this helps, good luck trying some other tubes, if it does not work out and you decide not to keep the Flora send me an E-mail because I have a couple of friends who would be interested if you would want to sell it.