Tekton Double Impacts

@baranyi   Thanks so much for sharing your impressions from the listening session at Ezra's home.

Does @teajay  concur with your take on the 2A3 pairing with the Ulfs? It was my understanding that he feels the LTA Triode pairing is 'perfection' for his needs and preferences. 

What would your ideal pairing be for the SEs (preamp and amp)?

Thanks.

baranyi

That is also the issue for me in regards to the Ulfs. I LOVE the design with the double tweeter array but they are just too overwhelming. To be honest, the DI is larger than I'd like. But boy do they sound good!

David,
           Teajay does concur that the 2A3 amp does not seem to have enough juice for the Ulf. For some reason the imaging of the speaker was not conveyed correctly with the flea powered amp. It just bunched up between the speakers. When I heard it originally I thought there was something wrong with speaker's imaging abilities. With Aric Kt-88 amp the imaging was much better but the midrange wasn't quite as luscious with the Triode 2a3. It would be interesting to try a 211 amp with the Ulf or one of the Line Magnetic behemoth 219's. I still love the midrange of the 2A3 so I think that the DI SE would be my choice but the regular DI is darn good also for 3k! Ridiculously good for the money!
  I like romantic symphony music and Jazz and use old Beveridge Model 2 electrostatic speakers. I mention this just so you can know my bias in listening.
My wife is a professional singer so getting the midrange is key for me. I typically hate most rooms at the HIFI shows because they play HIFI over music. The DI and up the line can play music.
I want to give a plug for Mike at Audio Archon who is as true of an audiophile  as you ever will meet. You definitely are in good hands with him. He has great ears as an even better guy.

@mac48025 - It’s not so much about bass output or SPLs but closely matching the woofer with the servo amp which leaves the main amp to only drive the mids and tweeter.  Jim Salks Exotica 3 are a prime example of what I’m thinking about.  Will be exciting to see what Eric comes up with to further refine and mate with his excellent tweeter array.  

Good stuff baranyi!