Your amp sounds great. It sounds to me the way an amp should sound, so I'm giving it the nod for sure!

I think that there is something to be said of the active element chosen, but maybe even more by the configuration its used in. Your amp uses the 45 in a configuration that works very well. I know there are some that would say it's the 45 tube that does it. But I think it's the circuit your builder put it in as much as anything else.

You owned a lot of tube amps, and heard even more. What do you think?