Tekton Double Impacts

Porsheracer,

I'm not trying to disagree with the physics or anybody else's opinions at all,I learned most of what has been said on this subject about 30 yrs ago and I know what I hear in my system.

The question I have for you is what are your music preferences,volume levels and the size of your room where your going to put your DI's.

That would probably give us all a better understanding of your requirements.

The playback of music in the home has and always will be highly subjective and really there is no right way or wrong way,It all comes down to the individual music lover and audiophile to make his or hers own choices.

Best,
Kenny.

When is all is said and done, the one common finding is that the DI's sound damn good no matter what type of amplification is employed. Hi or low power, SS or tube, budget or elite. It seems like people have achieved different ways to get to the same completely satisfying end point. 

Hi Porscheracer,
I have no doubt that a higher powered transistor amplifier is the right choice for your satisfaction and peace of mind. You must select what is most appropriate and reassuring. I’d however be wary of citing the laws of physics to make your case. You know what you want and believe high watt solid state will get you there, go for it.

For you to write that the 1 watt LTA MZ2-S will sound "flat" is in direct contradiction to what Mac, Kenny,Lancelock , Teajay and others have reported based on actually listening. Personally I will always place more weight on one’s actual listening experiences than on the one whose’s opinion is based on theory and conjecture

I’ll concede you could hear the 1 watt MZ2-S and may not care for it (simply not to your taste) but that would not invalidate what others here have reported. My gut feeling is that it is as good as they have stated.
Charles .

I am not saying anything about my requirements room size or amplifier choice. The physics part is that it takes power to move the voice coils in the various drivers. Even if you listen at low volume levels.

Look at section 2 here:

http://sound.whsites.net/articles/pwr-vs-eff.htm

To quote:

"To reproduce a signal with a 10dB crest factor cleanly (without clipping distortion) means that if your average level requires 10W, the peaks will need 100W - a 100W (minimum) amplifier is needed to get 10W of clean undistorted average electrical energy."

That's the physics part!

Porscheracer, Yes I see where you’re coming from and having people posting here with different perspectives is a good thing. I do accept certain foundational principles but only to a limited degree. I’ll admit that the further I’ve gone along in this endeavor the more I’ve come to rely on my ears. There’s been too many experiences where what "should have been" is defeated by what "was" the case based on listening.

I get the point of the many articles about clean amplifier power and low distortion figures etc. Based on that line of reasoning Halcro amplifiers should have been phenomenal sounding and the standard by which other amplifiers are judged. It didn’t work out that way, not by a long shot. Many variables matter in achieving superb sound quality from an amplifier.
Charles