Tekton Double Impacts

bullitt,
With  your given budget I would highly suggest you consider a marantz integrated which is what  I have been using to drive my DI's.  I do not find this integrated to be cold or clinical in the least.  Coupled with one of their SACD players it's a sound I can listen to for many hours.  I keep toying with the idea of tubes but I really feel this gear does far more right than wrong.  I listen to a wide variety of music--and when it comes to large scale works the Marantz Reference gear has been so composed and satisfying I'm quite happy. 
There are some very knowledgeable friends on this thread and I would never argue the satisfaction they have with their gear nor do I doubt them.  But for me, right now, this is an easy recommendation on  your budget.

Belles makes great sounding amps and this amp below (link) is a fine deal. I owned it and the more powerful 350 ref. Having owned many nice SS amps from the likes of TRL, Electrocompaniet, Aesthetix, CJ, Blue Circle, Monarchy Audio, Levinson, McIntosh, and others I can tell you  Belles amps are worthy. For $1000 it is worthy!
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-belles-ref150a-v2-2017-06-14-amplifiers-70764-plaquemi...

So I have a stupid question. I am getting rid of my stereo setup to consolidate. I am not going to have room for two setups. I am still not convinced of the need for both a stereo and HT setup.

However, just for arguments sake, lets say that you would want different equipment for 2 channel. I know I am not going to have room for two setups any more.

Is there a way to keep the Tekton HT speaker setup but have two setups for equipment driving the front L & R speakers? You turn on the 2 channel amp for music and turn on the multichannel amp for HT?

Also seems like there is a margin for error in case both amps are left on. I guess the first step would be to get the front speakers with 2 sets of binding posts?

BTW, I have not done any real tube amp critical listening. The only ones I heard were from Raven Audio -- I have not heard them mentioned here. They sounded very good to me, but not really sure how they would sound against good SS or other tube amps.

bullitt,
I must apologize.  Did not read your post carefully enough.  You clearly are looking for an amp, not an integrated. 
I must agree in your case grannyring makes a nice suggestion. 

Corelli,

@kdude66
Kenny, I was interested in the reworking of your DI's. In particular how you changed your woofers from the alphas to the betas. On paper these are two different drivers. I could see how the betas with their larger magnets might offer slightly more efficiency and tighter bass, but at the expense of low end extension. The betas do have a slightly higher Fs as expected.
On a somewhat related note, how do these drivers achieve such low end extension when their resonant frequencies are in the low 50's?? They obviously extend well beyond that but I always read that Fs defines the low end extension and even in a reflex enclosure this seems way deeper than I would expect. Any thoughts?

You bring up some valid questions but for the most part they are none issues.Remember the 6 outer tweeters play down to their resonate freq. and isn't a problem,that's part of the magic of this speaker.

I wanted the black instead of blue cones and got lucky That I only changed the resistor value in the woofers crossover to deal with the slightly higher efficiency of the beta woofers and I ended up with in room measurements of bass measuring flat to 20hz and obviously tighter and better defined bass by listening that blends very well and is'nt overpowering to my ears.

I would have changed the cap and sand cast resistor in the crossovers to better parts anyway.

Remember those Thiele-Small Parameters specs are generally in the free air and once in a box everything changes in specs for the most part.

I've been modifying speakers and or electronics for a long time and I just didn't Willy nilly make these changes.I have been a Avionics Tech at a major Airline for 30 yrs.

I have accomplished other measurements as well and all I can say is the DI's have The flattest frequency response of any speaker that I have ever measured and the Impedance curve is truly remarkable as most of us owners are finding out in the respect of how easy a load for any amplifier that we might want to use.

As Tejay has stated several times the DI's are true conduits and will most definitely show any shortcomings in our systems but on the other hand they will give us also the true character of our gear also.


Kenny.