Tekton Double Impacts

There is a longtime audiogon member named "grannyring"and he has a lyngdorf tdai-2170 and really likes it.

He has spoke some about it in this thread several pages back.

@david_ten : Yes

@craig:  I would also agree with vitop. The Lyngdorf is quite intriguing. 

Willgolf, I had the DI's before the Ulfberhts, and Legacy Focus before that. The DI's and the Ulf's easily beat the Legacy's. Much more efficient/easier to drive, much more detail, more and better bass. The DI's would serve you well, even in a large room. And, would allow you the funds to upgrade your other components, which the Tekton speakers really do need to strut their stuff. The Ulf's are a unique beast, in a class of their own. It's not really fair to compare them to anything other than "endgame" speakers, and I have not had the chance to try any of those--too rich for my blood. All that said, if folks can afford the price, the Ulf's would not disappoint.

@david_ten 

I had been out of high end audio for 30 years when I decided I wanted to get better sound out of my nearfield computer workstation setup. I enjoyed the setup so much that I knew it was time to setup a nice 2 channel setup in my little used Library. I didn't want to spend more than $10K on the whole setup including speakers, headphones, and headphone amplifier. I could afford more, but I wanted to have that limit.

$10K is not a lot when you want quality equipment and great sound. I
knew I would need to find high value equipment if I wanted great sound. Fortunately, I had some friends with some nicer high end equipment against which I would have a chance to evaluate and compare my more budget minded choices.

It became clear early on that Schiit Audio was a company that made a lot of high value products. An example? I had a chance to compare a friend's Yggdrasil to a friend's Chord Dave and another friend's PS Audio DirectStream. I won't get into specifics, but Yggdrasil held its own very well against the Dave and was a bit better than the DirectStream. Especially with the Red Book content I listen to 99% of the time. I found that Schiit's tope of line preamp, the Freya, sounded great yet was priced far lower than comparable sounding preamps. I bought a Mjolnir 2 because it pair well with the headphones I like and, again, it performed as well as much more expensive equipment. I am planning on buy two Schiit Vidar amps. This is on faith. Monoblock amps that have the same features cost MUCH more. I have confidence that these amps will sound great too.

The TektonDesign Double Impact speakers are another example of a high value product. These speakers, combined with the Schiit audio equipment I have listed above, should provide me with a fantastic sounding 2 channel setup, for under $10K, that sounds as good or better than setups costing two to three times as much or more.

I'll have a pretty good idea by the end of next week!

Yes I use the Lyngdorf 2170 paired with a Music Vault Ultra Plus server.  The combo is wonderful. I use Tidal and my MV Ultra came with a lifetime  Roon membership. I ripped all my CDs into the MV Ultra also. 

Lyngdorf is using some SOTA technology in the 2170 with their room correction being on the top of the list. They provide the best room correction available today assuring your speakers sound as they should, were intended to sound, in your particular room. 

No additional complexity that comes with using separate boxes and wiring for amps, preamp, dac etc... It is all in one box with very, very short signal paths. Amazing how noise free this unit is and you must hear it to know what I am talking about. I thought my past systems had low noise, but the Lyngdorf showed me there was noise I was not aware of.