Tekton Double Impacts

mikirob:
Thanks so much; your response is why these threads work. Am thinking of giving a tube amp a try and have been looking at the primaluna dialogue premium -- because it has substantially better specs than other units. Could not find out from them the class of their amp although it is push-pull. Would not consider anything other than class A.

Have been listening to the Bernstein set for over 2 weeks now and revisiting the favorites I heard when they were released in the 60s and 70s. All of these performances are "good," a surprisingly-high number are "great," and another number are the best of all time (e.g., the Hindemith). It was a confluence of fortunate events: a great conductor, a great orchestra in the preeminent city of its day, AND Columbia records. Columbia was being supported by its Dylan recordings and took the opportunity with the NYP and Bernstein to invent close miking techniques for the orchestra with mixing principles closely tied to the musical content and major themes. The result was spectacular in its day and presaged all later recording techniques.

WHEN YOU REMOVE the tape hiss, these recordings sound better to my ears than any 21st century recording.

SO, don't miss the "Intermezzo" from the Bizet suite. The flutist should have been knighted after that performance...

Whacky:

Got 1 and 1/2 inch lengths for my threaded gliders and am glad for the extra length.
When you put them on, you have to tilt the box a little to remove one set of the older feet and add the new ones. The Herbie feet will not accept too much tension on the outer portion of the circle; so its best to screw them all the way in, then tilt the box for the other set. Once that second set is installed at its final height, you can retilt the box yet one more time and raise the first set a second time to match. Doing it this way removes the chance of breaking the outer edge of the rim.

Hi Mikirob,

 I always have appreciated your listening impressions and insight. It seems we listen to music in the same manner and with very similar priorities. I'm not at all surprised that the Dynamo responds so noticeably to tube rolling. The very good amplifiers always seem to do so.

I am surprised that you say the LTA preamp offers only "slightly" better improvement vs the Dynamo's volume control. I guess I assumed a wider performance gap between them. It appears that the Dynamo is especially good for a 1500.00 amplifier.

If you ever hear the Double Impacts I'd love to know your opinion of them.

Charles