Tekton Double Impacts

@kdude66  and @333jeffery Thanks for your thoughts on the matter. Good to see that both of you give a nod to Marc Tunis.

BTW Kenny, this is one of the most elegant ways I have seen the topic broached! :)      "I quess I will bite on this cable subject,after many years chasing the latest cables I have reached a firm opinion that as long as my system has decent cables and sold connections it really doesn't matter so much the only real differences are price."

My workshop is going to be completed at the very end of our home renovation. Not having a work area set up for my bikes is 'killing me' and that comes first. So the diy route will have to wait until I am fully set up to handle it.

The Audience cables, courtesy of the lending library, will be here on Friday. I've only had two other 'higher end' speaker cables in my previous system. One was terrific, the other not so much. I've been using Audio Art Speaker Cables for quite sometime now, and I've been very happy with their performance, especially so when I consider their value.

The problem I have run into is that there are so many options and multiples of that in opinion. So the only way I can sort it out is to take a chance on word of mouth from those I trust and then run them within my own system.

Thanks.

David,

I think you will be just fine with the audience cables,I've used some of their pwr cables and they offer a good solid cable for the money.

I've been a avionics tech at a major airline for 30 yrs,so working on most electronics doesn't really intimidate me.

Kenny.

So my Linear Tube Audio MZ2 arrived today and while its way too soon to properly review it, my initial reaction is one of complete shock. I can't believe the quality and level of sound this little amp produces. It easily drives the DI's to 95+ db levels in my room and that's plenty loud for me. I really planned on getting an amp to partner with the MZ2 but I'm thinking I don't need to. I'll at least be in no hurry to to get an amp. It's not fair for me to evaluate its sound quality so soon, but so far so very good. 

Terry, thank you! The MZ2 not only is plenty of amp to drive the DI's but together they make what might be the best value in audio. 

I'll update my impressions regarding sound quality when it's had time to settle in. Suffice it to say it's sounding very good already. 

Hello Mac,
What is intyriguing to me is that you found the Decware amp to be perhaps not quite enough in some circumstances for the Double Impacts.  Yet the lower power MZ2 (1 watt) is very sufficient with driving the same speaker. On paper the Decware has much more power but reality/listening tell a different story. Think about it,  1 watt from a 6SN7  which is universally thought of as a preamp signal tube.
Charles 

Mac,

Sounds like you are enjoying your MZ2 right out of the box,
keep us posted on how you like it.

I have it at the top of my shortlist and It's cool to hear that 1 watt is a good one.I used to pwr my Zu druids with a Yamamoto A-08s that uses the 45 tube and is 1.5 watts.

I would like to know how the MZ2 would work with about any solid state amp.

Best of luck and happy listening,

Kenny.