My dad passed away the day before his 95th birthday last November. I shipped his Harman Kardon TA5000x tube receiver and had it recapped and lightly modified. The original Mullard 12ax7s were still excellent! I hooked it up to the M80s just the other day, and it sounded great! That amp puts out about 20 wpc and is very modern sounding ... clean, accurate but still has that tube magic.
Sorry to hear about your father, but happy you could honor him by fixing his H/K, and using it. Hope you are able to enjoy it for a long time and eventually pass it on.
