I'm working on a "History of S.E.X." right now, which might answer a lot of those questions. It's just a draft so far. One of the problems is that there were at least seven versions of the S.E.X., before modifications! But it sounds like one of the modified versions of the last "ParaSEX" version. The driver stage is a mu follower, with (in this case) the output taken from the upper tube cathode. Personally I think it sounds better taken from the lower tube plate, but it's worth trying both to see what you hear.