Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp...

Rebbi,
In my view and it goes without saying, YMMV, the Tekton M-Lore does match the resolution, delicacy, and coherence of the De Capo. If you aggregate all the reviews for example, all the reviewers say the same thing: neutral, transparent, huge well-layered soundstage, tone, timbre, harmonics right-on, well-balanced top to bottom, dynamic, no-fatique, and so forth. It really does tick off all the boxes. Maybe not the last nth of resolution, but it is very resolving, as reviewer Tim Smith said, you will here Miles chair creek. I heard it easily. IMHO, on balance, the Tekton M-Lore beats the De Capo. Tim Smith also liked the M-lore better than his Harbeth 7 overall. Both the De Capo and Harbeth are about for times the cost of the M-Lore. The Lore improves the bass even more. On both speakers the bass is very tuneful, solid, and just right to my ears.

I still like the De Capo a lot, they are wonderful speakers. I also like my brother's Harbeth SHL5. The Tekton can hang with either. Again, YMMV. Best.

Rebbi,
Congrats, look forward to your impressions.

Rebbi,
So good to hear that you have success. Just enjoy the music, no need to rush...take your time.

Also please include your latest listening impressions. Looking forward to your comments. Best...

Rebbi,

Thanks for all the time and energy you shared with all of us. It was a wonderful ride with a very happy ending.

Tubegroover,
Great comments!

Rebbi,
Congrats again. If that fellow selling tubes has any other types perhaps you can let us know. In my tube stash I already have the RCA 6SN7s you purchased, lovely tube. So happy for you that you are experiencing really good sound and rediscovering your music collection. All the best.

I was fortunate to score a pair of Hy Wycomb Mullard CV378’s recently. Now on the hunt for U52, GEC, etc. you never know where stuff like this will pop up.

Re bi,
What interconnects and speaker cables are you using?

Rebbi,
I'm going to suggest an interconnect that I recently found out about and purchased myself with wonderful results. Dirt cheap as well. Please go to Jeff Day’s Wordpress web page (Jeff is a writer for Positive Feedback as well as formerly, 6 Moons) and you will see an article he wrote on a SPEC integrated amplifier from a Japanese builder for Positive Feedback. The Japanese builder sent Jeff some Belden 8402 microphone cable utilized as interconnect. Read Jeff's comments, the Japanese builder's comments (he is a great 300B builder of amps), and about 42 comments from individuals responding to Jeff from guys like me who purchased this interconnect. It performs as stated by Jeff and everyone else that commented on the interconnect. Jeff provides a link to the seller of these Belden 8402 cables. They are no longer made. Terminated with Sonicraft RCAs they will set you back about $35. They are remarkable, Jeff compares them to his long term expensive Sablon stuff. The Japanese 300B Maven compares the sound to his ancient Western Electric 274B with etched code. Not to be confused with later WE iteration, or modern 274B. I concur with all statements in article and comments. YMMV, but I gave it a shot and am amazed. Best.

I forgot to include a link. Here it is: http://jeffsplace.me/wordpress/?p=7325