kdude66
Responses from kdude66
| Tekton Double Impacts I would never use a preamp with 35db of overall gain that's just throwing away signal IMO.I generally like a preamp with about 10db of gain to make a better match with most pwr amps Tube or SS.My valvet soulshine has 18db and I found that to be to... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I received my Aric Audio custom built 2a3 Set amp last Friday and I've been able to listen too it in my main system with the MZ2S and DI speakers for a couple of days.Aric built this amp with a oversized pwr supply and I wanted the low Imd single ... | |
| Member's recommendations for tube amplification David,I have heard all of the LM Intergrated amps with the exception of the 508 but if I get the chance to borrow one that is local to me you can beat I will.The 508 will most definitely accept preamp input and I do believe that the 508 has a pret... | |
| Mega D'Appolito Speakers - The Holy Grail? Is the dynamic range, detail, transparency, distortion and imaging consistently better than other type of designs? I would say not really so much,only tiny differences in presentation.Kenny. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Jccarcopo,You,I and possibly others may be a little crazy for loving our old technology SET and SEP amps but here is my take on this.Eighty years later, vacuum tubes, and especially triodes, continue to be the lowest distortion amplifying elements... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Gentleman,My take on the difference in Sound between the DI's and Bill's crescendo's equate to the obvious difference in design and the drivers covering the majority of the midrange.I do believe that the crescendo's would'nt have the perceptio... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts grannyring,I'm so glad that you got to hear the DI's for yourself and thank's for your well explained summary of this very unique design.It's always a good thing for all of us to be open minded and open eared and try new things,sometimes we find s... | |
| Tekton Speakers,Who owns them and what did you replace and why. My listening room is 20x25x9 and has a open kitchen on one side and the other side is open to the front door entryway and front bedroom.I have no Idea what models would be at RMAF but I'm sure they would want to showcase their top models.You might... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Aric,Welcome to our Audiogon community and we wish you the best of luck too.Kenny. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts That is why I hand picked the location of our new house 3 yrs ago,we have the first house and a corner lot in our neighborhood and we draw the first ac pwr from the incoming lines and I installed my own dedicated 20 amp circuits in both listening ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts OMG,You guys with the coffee stuff,I'm still laughing.Kenny. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I use a core pwr technologies transformer with mine wired up with the top furetech cables.Kenny. | |
| Tekton Double Impact phase issues? "I've only had them for a few days now and I'm already saying these things, call me crazy but I just go where my ears take me"Right on,I've had my DI's since April and I'm still shaking my head in amazement of the sound that I'm getting.They reall... | |
| Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering Klh007,"213, keep on speculating, call Eric if you dare."And order your own set of Tekton's while your on the phone,Then you could tell us all about them.Kenny. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts David,Here is a link to a 845 set mono's that's on audiomart that you might look at.If I didn't already have several amps I would consider them myself.I'm interested in the next new offerings from Nelson Pass in his FW lineup,specifically the Sit3... |