Tekton Double Impacts

Mazikrav, the First Watt F3, F7, F1J, and F2J all have input impedances of only 10K, which seems kind of low for use in conjunction with a resistor-based passive preamp such as your Placette. Although the potential downside of that will depend in part on the output impedance characteristics of your source components, which I suspect are favorable in the case of your solid state Oppo, and probably also in the case of your Sound-Smith phono stage.

But if you are considering going to a different amp, and envision staying with the Placette, it would be prudent to choose an amp having a much higher input impedance, e.g. 47K or more.

Also, fyi, if your Sound-Smith "The Voice" cartridge is the model having a rated output of 2.12 mv, and if you are using one of Sound-Smith’s 43 db phono stages, you don’t have enough overall gain when using that source with the Placette to be able to drive the F3 (or the F7, or many other amps) to their maximum power capability, at least on the vast majority of recordings.

Just some points to be aware of as you decide how to proceed. Good luck. Regards,
-- Al

Thank you, Kenny, for your most helpful response:

I'm listening to my Brilliance speaker at the mid-point of a ten foot equilateral triangle. The listening room is open at the back and runs the full length of the house with a dining area and a kitchen behind my wife and my listening chairs.  As I hear them now, these speakers must not be toe in directly at my listening area, but somewhere behind where I hear them for best results.  I love the clarity of this arrangement  and hear a great improvement with the F-3's over the J-2's The only limitation is when I listen to very high volume material at levels over a typical concert hall experience.  I expect that the only way to get greater clarity at high volume would be to go to amps that are much higher power than the 10 watts  class A per channel that my F-3's crank out. I don't anticipate that the added increase in quality at high volume would be worth the added price, but I keep watching Audiogon, Reno Hi-Fi, or other sites offer in used, reconditioned  Pass Lab amps. I'm open to all of you for suggestions or reflections. 
 

Thank you, Al, Kenny and everyone: I noticed the same  dynamics problem a couple of years ago.  As a result, (I I neglected to mention )my Placette is now supplemented with Guy Hammel's preamp stage, which I think is a buffer with a tiny bit of gain. This greatly improved my dynamics.  I anticipate that it corrected the impedence mismatch. Can you confirm if this is truly so? I'm a 77 year old non-techi.

Kenny, I meant o say the SIT 2 is my main interest......

Bill,
I sent you a pm about your question.