Tekton Double Impacts

To me, push-pull amps suck in general, Class D are less sucky than most push-pull, and certain SET amps are better than everything. It’s really quite simple too me based on my own bias and what I want to hear.

I’m not afraid to admit that I’m very curious about the Lyngdorf as I like to employ room/speaker correction in the form of various DAW software and vst plugins currently. Does anyone else here like ambiophonics or have messed with it? I’ve been using Electrovoice’s Ambiophonics vst plug-in through Reaper DAW software, along with several other vst plugins to digitally eq the sound, and having a load of fun listening to my recordings without stereo crosstalk. It brings so much more enjoyment listening to my recordings now and it’s more of an upgrade than anything else I could have  wasted $10k on.

@jcarcopo 

Just like the Double Impacts the Lyngdorf is not going to appeal to everyone. Heck I bought mine used from a Reviewer that used it with the Pendragons. He sold it because he thought it sounded harsh at high volumes. I am glad he did :)

@aniwolfe 
Was that reviewer Teejay?

  LP

@lpretiring

I’ll PM you sir and no it wasn't TJ.

This is, truly, an exceptional thread and it is buoyed by the quality of the regular contributors and the revolutionary nature of the DI.
This is addressed to Grannyring and any others with exposure to both class A and class D amps. Have recently had the experience of trying out a Nord Stereo UP Class D amp on the recommendation of several on this and other threads.
This was my experience. Initially, the Nord amp sounded just like a Yamaha receiver I have -- somewhat accurate but sterile and uninteresting. As it broke in, it became better in reproducing acoustical ensembles but still not of a very high quality. After shifting over to another OpAmp, the Nord did sound OK on orchestral feeds and I was planning on keeping the component.
Then, the left channel died and the unit was returned to Colin -- who did the professional thing and refunded the entire purchase amount. So, after a week of listening to the DIs solely with a Class D amp, went back to my Emotive mono blocks that have 35 watts of class A that does, of course, cover most of the volume levels with the DIs.
Was shocked at how much better the Class A amp was in two particular areas: 1. Tone weight and 2. vocal soundstage and accuracy. Tone weight was seen in particular with instruments such as the cello where the body and feel of the instrument came across in class A but not in D. Vocals were more prominently actually there and the accuracy of the singer was significantly improved.
With the class D amp, I felt there was a lack of volume and sometimes raised the level very high without achieving the sense of visceral presence.
SO, my question is this: Does the Lyngdorf 2170 accomplish the visceral sense of power lacking in the Nord description above?
AND, Grannyring, had the same experience in May of this year listening to the DIs at very high volume levels with the same sense of delight. Eric mentioned to me the potential danger of ear damage with very high levels and have adjusted my levels accordingly.