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jond

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Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back?
@gsm18439 Just curious was your Deja Vu 2A3 amp SET or pushpull? I've heard the pushpull 45 and 2A3's from them but not an SET. Great amps I have a stereo pushpull EL34 amp from Deja Vu that I love. 
Speaker distance
I guessed and today pulled out the tape measure and was totally wrong, 46 inches not 5 feet! On one hand this makes me feel better about my personal height,  on the other it seems a tad close together. However I am someone limited by an area rug i... 
Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?
@hfaddict great and snap some pics of the internals if you can would love to see what's inside these! Good luck! 
Once you go 300b it’s hard to go back?
Personally for my taste if I ever went the SET route again, it's been some years, I would go for either the 2A3 or 45 tube over the 300B. Both to me are a touch more incisive and transparent though also lower power. 
My first post
Welcome lanceman25 and happy holidays to you and ponchit and all! 
Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?
@hfaddict I would love to hear your impressions of your speakers when they arrive, and you build them! I have a fairly new pair of AN-J/lx's and fell in love with the AN sound myself. Perhaps start a thread about your build? And thanks for Bill fo... 
Done, really done!
All I can say is.........famous last words.  
My first post
Welcome ponchit! 
high-efficiency loudspeakers
+1 on Audio Note speakers overall, I have AN-J's slightly less efficient at 93db and love them driving them with 17 sweet tube watts. 
Speaker distance
Audio Note AN-J's 5 feet. 
Can a power conditioner cause electrical problems?
@elizabeth  welcome back and Merry Christmas! Long time no see glad to have you back! I hope you stick around! 
Full-sounding SS amps (besides Pass)
Don’t forget Accuphase.  
Did I just ruin my amp
BTW you really should try Genalex Gold Lion KT-77's by far the best EL34 variant I've heard. I use them in my own EL34 pp amp. 
Did I just ruin my amp
A google image of the back panel states under the iec input F-8A which should indicate a Fast Blo 8amp fuse. 
Dac upgrade?
The idea of a new DAC aside you may also want to consider, your preamp being almost 40 years old, taking it to a tech to get looked over and possibly recapped. You may find this a bigger upgrade in sound quality than a new DAC,.