Tekton Double Impacts

Tom,
I'm also a fan of live recordings  (especially jazz) here's a recommendation I think that you'll enjoy very much.  "Roger Kallaway At The Jazz Standard " It’s a 2 CD set. 
Kallaway piano
Russell Malone  guitar 
Stephon Harris  vibraphone 
I don't recall the name of the bassist  (but he's good 😊)

Top tier jazz musicians in a very good venue. Wonderful music, these gentlemen can play! Your fine system will definitely  extract the musical  beauty of this recording. 
Charles 

Hi all, I just wanted to briefly outline the scope of Tom's 300B SET build. It will be a single chassis stereo amplifier, using dual 5U4G rectifiers (both in parallel to provide double the current capacity), and a 6SN7 per channel for the input and driver stages. Single capacitor coupled output to the 300B, running the 300B at 66% dissipation for longevity and to produce 8 watts per channel. A choke-filtered power supply, and robust filter stages after the rectifier will produce a very black background. In addition each 300B will have its own independent filament transformer. DC on the 6SN7 filaments will provide low noise for the input/driver stages and reduce the overall noise floor to nil (generally not an easy task for a 300B based amplifier). All power resistors will use Vishay chassis-mount/heat sinked units to reduce internal heat, and essentially the entire amp will be built to provide twice the current that the circuit requires for lower heat/better reliability. The amplifier weighs close to 50 lbs, and will be 17" wide x 12" deep, x 3" tall (minus the wooden side rails). Price is $3,600 including EH 300B power tubes, (2) Sylvania NOS 5U4G's, and (2) RCA 6SN7GTB's for the drivers. 2 year warranty on the amplifier as well. 

Hi Aric,
Thanks for the additional information.  This custom made 300b  amplifier driving the Double Impact SE will be a fantastic pairing is my prediction. 

Do you have an opinion regarding electrolytic versus "film" capacitors in the power supply (filtration) and is one inherently better than the other ?
Charles 

Jay, the speakers are 6' o.c. with the listening position about 8' from the speakers. 

Thanks for the recommendations Greg and Charles. I have some new CDs to look forward to Monday now.

thanks Aric, you explained the amp build far better than I ever could! There are many here that will understand the build much better than I as their informed questions will demonstrate......as Charles has already demonstrated.

tom

Hey Charles, you're very welcome! With regards to filter stages, I am a believer in using good quality electrolytic bypassed with a high quality metalized polypropylene. To get a film capacitor of the correct UF ratings to effectively smooth ripple, size restraints come into play. Good low ESR caps can make for a very quiet power supply circuit. Aric