Tekton Double Impacts

Bill,

Sounds like the King amp is sounding very good for you and Thank's for sharing.

I don't doubt a bit that a active preamp would be better and a nice selection of quality tubes will take it to a higher level.

Best,
Kenny.

Hi Kenny,
What did you think of the Devialant and Magico Q3 pairing? Ive heard both of these but not mated together as you have. 
Charles 

Kdude66: Thanks for the response. Is there a reason why you decided not to go with the Class D amps? Am waiting to hear back from them concerning potential duty and custom charges before ordering. Some have reported overly-clinical sound in the past but the new op amp design appears to have addressed this complaint.

Hey Charles,

Yes, the MZ2 with the NOS TungSols and either Brimars or Mullards sounds absolutely stellar to me......but then I've not heard a SET amp with my system yet so I bet there's still room for improvement. Teajay's suggestions have been spot on and while I'm loving the sound of the MZ2 driving the DI's I need to hear what that extra meat on the bones brings to the table. My system sounds better than ever but I'm still searching for that perfect balance of great bass, dynamics, tone, texture, airy highs and realism. At this point I the MZ2 provides great bass, dynamics, speed, realism and tone. The TungSols increase the size of the soundstage and add to the texture, tone and bass. The Mullards bring even more texture and warmth while the Brimars excell at high end detail and air. Combining the Mullards strong points with the Brimars would be ideal and I'm hoping a SET will bring bring to the table what the Mullards do and I can get it all. I know......I want it all! :) I need to have you over to hear what sound I have now and get your advice as to whether or not I'm going in the right direction. Going from 1 watt per channel to a whopping 3.5 watts is a huge! 

Great write up Bill. Sounds like you have a sweet amp on your hands and it makes me want to add an amp to my system even more now. 

Charles,

When my wife and I Demoed a pair of Q3's earlier this year at a dealer out of state they had them paired with a Devialant 440.

I was greatly impressed with the build quality of the magico's and the fact that they make their own drivers and utilize some of the very best crossover parts and design.

We only listened to analog and the dealer allowed us to bring and play our own lp's.I took 6 of my very best and favorites that I know very well.

I found the pairing to have incredible clarity with pinpoint accuracy within the soundstage that you could reach out and grab.The overall tone,harmonics,and timbre of individual instruments and voices were much inline to my preferences and found the treble to be very pleasing and have all the detail I would ever need.

Now as a demo pair that were at the top of my speaker budget,the shortcomings that I heard ultimately made my decision for me not to buy and wait and listen to something else.About the time that I found this thread and also read some reviews about the DI's,I decided to give Eric a call and ask some questions that he answered quite well even some I didn't think that he would.I decided to give the DI's a shot and you know the rest of the story,very happy owner and not looking back.

The Q3's sounded a little small in size at times and was missing the little resonances and nuances from instruments that make the music much more enjoyable to my ears.I quess the magico cabinets are so well braced and damped and Offcourse made of aluminum and bolted together,they just sound much different than any speaker I have ever heard.Now I think there is a fine line there,I would'nt like a speaker that has a lot of cabinet talk either but I find the DI's just about perfect in that respect.

I found the Q3's a little light in bass and might would have to use subs with them and I don't want to do that.The Di's are just right with goldilocks bass without subs for me.

Ultimatly if I was to spend 24k on Just speakers they had better do everything right.Buying the much cheaper Di's allow my budget to buy other equipment for my 2 systems.

Charles,I would love to read your opinion on both of these very high end products.

Best,
Kenny.