Tekton Double Impacts

Hey Micheal,

My remark meant no disrespect to you, or Allan, at all.  My statement regarding other individual's systems being played to loud for my taste was not directed at you at all, but at others.  Correct, the times I have had the pleasure to be at your home this was never an issue.  However, with respect to my guest listeners, including you, I always ask if the volume level is were you want it to be.  Please don't take this personally, virtually everybody, with a few exceptions, that comes over asks for volume levels that I would not being listening to if I was seriously listening to my system alone.  And it is very true that are dear friend Allan might be the volume "King" at getting to levels that he loves to listen most of the time.  Of course the levels I think are realistic for the reasons I shared in the other post (regarding size of individual images) might be my own personal criteria, indeed.  One other possibility why you like higher volume levels  in my house is that the way you experience bass, how percussive/powerful it is, is more important to you then me and to get it in my very large acoustic space to your personal liking it needs to be turned up to a higher volume level. Remember, in the past Mike Kay and I have affectionately nick named you the "Bass King" because those lower frequencies are really very important to you.  That's way I think you loved your Wilson speakers so much because of their low end grunt/punch.

 So, love ya man, so no offense was intended at all.

51 pages and over 2500 posts and yet this thread is as interesting, informative and thought provoking as it has ever been. This current debate on power amplifiers is providing excellent perspective and insight from very reasonable and experienced (and polite) participants here.

The subject of àmplifier choice is a natural outcome when discussing speakers given the obvious importance of achieving a sucessful pairing of the two. The Double Impact and Ulfberths seemingly increase the relevance of amplifiers due to their easy to drive characteristics which permits the use of multiple types of amplifiers.

Everyone posting here has their own listening biases and preferences and this prevents any universal concensus as to what type of amplifier is best with these speakers. Due to the musical or sonic parameters that matter most to me, high quality SET will exceed high quality solid state amplifiers.

Conversely those who have different listening parameters from me will find solid state the better option for their needs. This is completely understandable and rational. I’ll state the obvious and say there can not be a "best" amplifier that all will agree upon. This is why I find High End audio so endlessly interesting and enjoyable. Your can begin with an empty canvas and literally create/assemble an audio system just the way you desire. This is a beautiful thing 😊😊. I believe that most of those posting on this thread recognize and appreciate this opportunity.

P.S.
I'm grateful for the overall maturity displayed on this thread and the refreshing absence of trolls.
Charles 

"Not to put words in his mouth, but I honestly think that zero fidelity just played it safe. Would have been too big a backlash from people that a $3k speaker was better than some $30k speakers, so he added that and saved himself a lot of "you don't know what you are talking about" and people calling him a homer. He said in about as strong terms as he could without offending the "expensive speakers are inherently better" crowd. Just my opinion though."Vitop you may be on to something there as he did seem to really enjoy them.And Kdude66..24 amps..WOW.I think that gives one of the best  insights on what these speakers are capable of.

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Hey Guys,

Just spent over four hours listening to the Ulfberht's  being driven by the AricAudio SET KT-88 amplifier/Micro-ZOTL combo with one difference.  I had being running a pair Tung-Sol KT-120 tubes with superlative results in my system.  This morning I borrowed from my friend Ezra, who will be getting his DI SE's hopefully soon, a pair of Shuguag Golden Dragon KT-88's.

I have been listening mesmerized by the changes they brought to the system!  First, the spatial dimensions exploded with more air around each instrument, depth/height in the sound-stage, and more palpability/3D imaging.  Secondly, the timbres/colors of all instruments/voices had a much better density/vividness.  

Again, this confirms that the DI's/Ulf's are pristine conduits that pass on what ever you feed them upstream.  It also proves that Aric's SET amp is so transparent that any tube changes you make will be easily heard.  A sign of a great amplifier, indeed.  So, these Shuguag tubes being driven by 5751 RCA NOS Black plate triple mica's is one of the most musical amplifiers, along with the Triode Lab SET 2A3, that I have ever experienced in my system.