Tekton Double Impacts

Hi Kdude,

I just did some checking on the Truth. Arthur Salvatore has a long write up on it in his recommended components.

I have to admit I am confused by your comment that " some of the guys build the Truth pre amp with 6 to 10 db of gain." Are you referencing the Hornshoppe Truth?

As far as the volume knob, I am under the impression that all Hornshoppe Truths real listening levels is between 1 and 2 o'clock, which is maximum rotation. Perhaps another owner can chime in on that point.

Just now I noticed on A. Salvatore that he stated the Truth actually losses .5db. I sure didn't know that.

He also talks about it use of light as an attenuator.

Also something unique about the solid state that's used for the buffer is mentioned, but I did not focus on that part of the write up at all.

My educated guess now is that for my needs I believe the combo Truth, Triode Labs, and Electrons will probably satisfy my needs. But it comes at risk for me. No audition, no returns, and not a lot of margin for error. I need to figure a more comfortable way to proceed, especially since I do not sell on line as of yet, and no guarantees that I ever will.

If I understood Almarg thinking on this matter, he would opt for more power to guarantee a full performance under all musical circumstances.

    LP

Hi LP,
Keep in mind that Al’s litmus test is minimally compressed large scale symphonic music capable of peaks of   105 db at his sitting position 10 feet away. He knows the sensitivity of his speakers and then calculates the power needed to achieve this without strain or clipping.

My listening requirements are less demanding than Al’s and I can get by very happily with less power than would satisfy him. We’re both quite content with our respective audio systems. The key to success is truly determining what you ultimate objective is. Power requirements   (and Listening volume levels) obviously vary amongst different individuals.
Charles

LP,
Yes I'm referring to the horn shoppe "Truth" preamp,
It looks like from what I read on their forums that some guys are modifying their Truth preamps and adding Active gain and or transformer based Impedance buffers,possibly like a autoformer.

I read through all these posts again and analyzed all the specs again and I still come to the conclusion that this pairing in gear might work ok for you in a smaller room and being close to your speakers.

Now if you listen to symphonic classical and like it loud then I also would agree with Al and say that this pairing in gear wouldn't work without more amplifier pwr,probably at least 25 watts or more.

Even though I really like the 1 watt from the MZ2S with my DI's playing easier music,more pwr is needed to play more complex and dynamic music.

I hope this helps you,
Kenny.

@kdude66 

Kenny, thanks for the detailed post on the driver array and how it works. From an earlier post of yours:

"So, acoustically you have a six inch mid-range driver with a coaxial mounted tweeter which means it functions as a single point source."

I understand the single point source concept, however I don't see how that would work when doubled up as it is with the Ulfberths. Can you explain?

Thanks.

My post beat Kenny's by 1 minute 😊 but we've made the same essential point to LP. 90% of my music listening is acoustic jazz with groups of varying numbers of musicians.  The vast majority of these type of recordings are well executed and have very little  (sometimes none) compression.  Dynamic swings usually is 25 to 30 db and some are even 40 db.  That's very good but large scale complex symphonic can certainly be more demanding. 

I do quite well with an 8 watt SET amplifier driving 94 dB the sensitivity speakers with a 14 ohm load  (not a trivial factor).
Charles