Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions

Hi Roxy54,
Having read many of your Audiogon posts over the years I'd conclude that you are cut froth same cloth as jcarcopo  and I. You relish the beauty of music and view it as a gift to mankind. What a "strange" coincidence that  we all happen to own and enjoy 8 watt  300b SET amplifiers 😀😀.
Charles 

Myself, I am both, when the engineering hat is on I want to know what creates what sound, how to find the problem, what to do about it, and so on. Can very delicate DSP fix the problem? Is there noise being injected somewhere? Is the postion wrong? Is the amp picking up vibrations and thus having problems (if the amp is solid stated and doing that, and its not on a paint shaker,  replace it). Is the phono stage doing its job...so on and so on. Measurement helps to track all this down, and to make a clear path. It is not the final arbiter though. It just lets you know what is changing as you make your mods.

Spin the hat around when the work is done and ,like jcarcopo, it has to be an emotional event, or why bother? That's the final test. Though I do have to admit I have to wait an hour or two between mental states, before just listening for pleasure.

@fetguy Sir, never change, without detectives like you helping people like me, people like me wouldn’t realize the level of satisfaction that I’ve reached using juducious dsp/eq to correct for anomalies between my speakers and the room they happen to be occupying. If it wasn’t for you I would have ended up a complete placebophile. Instead I am a fairly balanced and split between being both analytical and also holistic regarding sound quality and how to alter it to suit my ears.

Fetguy,
I don’t believe that the two approaches or mindsets are mutually exclusive by any means. We are discussing electronic devices so it’s undeniable that scientific and engineering principles are utilized and applied. I don’t disregard the necessity and importance of measurements and specifications.

My only "big picture" point is when all is said and done you simply must listen and assess your reaction to what you hear. It’s indisputable that audio equipment measurements are important, but they don’t replace (or eliminate the need) the act of actual listening experiences. You wrote "It has to be an emotional event or why bother?" Amen.
Charles

Beme54 giving the stereophile measurement is just fine,To some measurement is very important, one guy subscribe stereophile mostly because of measurement , But Iam audiophile like Charles said I usually depend on listening...I like to hear a well balance musical system..it’s seems Jcarpopo is happy with the Encores, that’s all it matters...