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1st full tube amp Oldchen EL34

Picked this up inexpensively to try on my Klipsch Quartets or Chorus 1s. Do not know much about vacuum tubes. I have recapped many ss amps but this is foreign to me. Seeking any and all advice on various nuances. 
 

I have a significant amount of silver coated copper wire encased in PTFE, was considering replacing the wiring. Have not opened it up yet so more to come based on what I find. Thanks for any feedback. 

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I'm on my second Chinese amp. The first, Music Angle 6n1p, class A, sounded good. It was even better after a capacitor & pre-amp tube replacement (7199 for whatever came with it). An unqualified American tech killed it. The second is a Sophia EL 34 A/B https://tubeintegratedamplifier.com/sophia_electric_el34_tube_integrated_amplifier_120v_s_e_t_music.php.

For six hundred dollars, it's unbeatable, esp. with a set of JJ EL 34s.

Neither are built like an American tube amp. Nor or they as expensive.

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