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A tubed integrated amp for Joseph Audio Pulsars?
I will say I've heard the little brother, the A40 Virtus, of the amp Audiotroy is recommending and its a great amp. I'm sure the A100 would do the trick and sound great and the built in Dac they use is very good and for the money great. 
Speakers for Leben CS300XS
I don't have a Leben but I'm running a 17 watt EL34 amp into a pair of Audio Note AN-J's.  At 93db sensitivity and a benign impendance they would be a good match for your Leben and sound fantastic. 
Why the facination with integrated amps?
@fsonicsmth I am in the wine business, for 26 years now, and I can tell you that not filtering wine makes a huge difference both in flavor profile but more importantly in terms of ageability. I was fortunate to taste two versions of a wine made by... 
Clayton Audio M300 Upgrade
I can't comment on your amp in particular but I will say that power supply upgrades are always a good idea. And that upgrade sounds extremely significant doubling your power that's both a lot of capacitance and transformer power. I would expect a ... 
Daedalus Audio Apollo Speakers
Congratulations on the speakers and also very well written! 
What are you streaming tonight?
Michel Petrucciani.....Trio in TokyoQuobuz 
What are you streaming tonight?
Jakob Bro.........Bay of RainbowsQuobuz 
What are you streaming tonight?
Michel Legrand..........L'Affaire LegrandQuobuz 
Streaming music- not the end all music solution but one main advantage?
Wireless for me my wireless gateway is in my office and the system in my living room but I find 5Ghz works perfectly no dropouts or buffering. 
What are you streaming tonight?
Lee Morgan........ExpoobidentQuobuz 
What are you streaming tonight?
Lee Morgan....Live at the Lighthouse QuobuzAnd I can only say Rich Corinthian leather in Ricardo Montalban's accent. 
What are you streaming tonight?
Erik Truffaz......Bending New Corners Quobuz 
Streaming music- not the end all music solution but one main advantage?
When I first started streaming maybe 5 years I described it as "life changing" and that opinion has not changed. A lifetime of music at your fingertips and you don't even have to get up from your chair. 
Stainless Steel Audio Step Up
Well its basically made for the outdoors so I doubt it sounds very good. I am sure there are scientific and acoustical reasons why stainless steel is a poor material for speaker cabinets but I will defer to others with more knowledge. 
Stainless Steel Audio Step Up
I don't either what's a stainless steel stereo?