Today is my rest/ recovery day and I finally got the chance to salvage the tossed mcintosh 275 my wife found on the street; the vacuum tube set finally came yesterday during our ride. One bag of carrots later, 6 broken tube caps were removed and one potentially expensive gamble paid off. Just chilling and meditating to music now; the experience is so much more gratifying after you spent 3 painstaking hours repairing it yourself.