I especially like the fact that they are making use of these "new" EML tubes that have a lot of gain as DHT (20B and 30A). There is a Polish company called Amare Musica that is using the 30A as a single tube preamp with a nice tube regulated power supply...never heard it but love the elegance of it. I had their tube amp, Entropy Diamond, that had a 20B-V4 driving a 1605-V5; however, I think they cut some corners, which if they had gone all out it would have sounded a lot better than it did, which was OK, but not stellar.
Congratulations on a stunning system in a stunning setting. I have seen the Elysiums at Ricardo's when listening to the XVX with the Robert Kodas which we now have at home. Ricardo is positively enthralled with the Elysiums as you already know well. I was focused on the Robert Kodas and the XVXs and we did not have the time to hear the Elysiums but I look forward to that at some point.
There is also an AVVT 20b, and both are similar to Telefunken RS 241/242, of which KR 242 is a replica of. There are people who swap EML20b and RS241 or 2 in the same amo.
