phono stage tubes for VAC Master Pre

I bought the amperex Holland NOS tubes for the line stage and the 12AX7 Gold Lions for the phono.  Have not received them yet.  Will post back once installed. Thanks to everyone for the input!

So I just installed the Amperex Holland NOS line stage and the 12AX7 Gold Lions an hour ago.  First impression-Wow, Wow, Wow (could be a new band)!  My expectations were that the sound would take an immediate drop in quality and then would slowly improve over the next 100 hours.  I was wrong.  Immediate improvements with fuller more fleshed out mids and the annoying top end has been tamed.  I am sooo excited to see where this ends up, but it has already been well worth the experimentation.

I used 12AX7 Gold Lions in my Rogue amp years ago and they’re really nice tubes. Sound was well balanced and the tubes are quiet. 
 

I got new 6922 Lions on the way for my phono stage to replace the stock standard steel pin EH. 

orthomead, Someone else suggested trying 7DJ8s in your tube rolling adventure, which are equivalent to 6DJ8 in every way except the filament voltage requirement.  The 7DJ8 requires 7V; whereas the 6DJ8 requires 6V or technically 6.3V.  I was only pointing out that the 7DJ8 will operate on 6V filament voltage, especially it it’s set at 6.3V (which means it is OK to try it), but the below spec filament voltage does change the performance of the tube.  The cognoscenti, of whom I am not one, say that small signal triodes like these will tolerate up to about a 10% drop in recommended filament voltage vs spec. The main appeal of the 7DJ8 is low cost, because they are not in demand, again because of the oddball filament voltage requirement.

I didn't mean to cause such confusion about the 7DJ8 / PCC88. I have used them (specifically Matsushita Japan) and liked them a lot in a few amps I have that take 6DJ8 / 6922 - including my VAC Master. Their sound in 6DJ8 slots is very well balanced, and frankly I like them a bit more than Amperex (Holland) 7308. 

Yes the 6.3V filament is not ideal for them, but they tolerate it just fine. For years Upscale Audio sold and recommended this very "sub" - with a slight asterisk in case there was an oddball component that didn't like them. Unfortunately the stash ran out and now they're a good bit harder to find. 

Does the Master still ship with the internal 12V heater switch? That allows use of 12DJ8 / 8416, which is another way to get the same Amperex "premium quality" E88CC / 7308 tube at a lower cost. It used to be one of Kevin Haye's favorites. Unfortunately those too have gotten harder to find. Just be sure you don't accidentally run a 6922 / 6DJa / E88CC at that 12V heater. I accidentally ran Siemens 7308 this way for ~ 20 hours before realizing. They glow like the sun and burned off ~ 20% of their transconductance (as measured by a MaxiPreamp), but otherwise worked fine. Tubes are pretty tolerant in general, but don't do this.