Tekton Double Impacts

I'll (hopefully) soon have my Odyssey tube pre and SS power amp. I'm sure evolvist and maybe Vitop could review the tube to SS sound for everyone. I admittedly have not been exposed to the high quality level and quantity of amps/speakers etc that they have. I just know what sounds good to me. We did use Nick's power amp for a while when he was here. And it sounded really good. Certainly an upgrade over the Denon. But we were still using my Denon as the Pre feeding it, so I'm sure that hampered the results. I'm looking forward to a high quality pre-power on the front end.

Evolvist: I got the impression that Eric was talking about how the sound waves normally hits in nature was curved and so that is what he was going for. Electrostats by their nature are flat and Eric felt that they could never truly convey sound as we normally hear it in the world around us.

Bullitt: I'm open to anything but my nature is to try to get something where I really like it and leave it alone. I have so many things on my plate that I don't have the time (and honestly don't like) to tinker. Once I have it, there may be more to have, but why go after it if I already really like what I have. Having said that, what I may not have heard may be a quantum leap from what I feel is great so I always keep an open mind. That whole explanation is a prelude to why I have never liked tubes. By my nature, I like maintenance free. I used to be a big car collector. I would restore to the point the car was almost new and super reliable. I could have continued to tweak horsepower every weekend, but then I wouldn't be enjoying the fruits of my labor. Tubes have a finite lifespan. I don't want to have a tube go out in the middle of a movie (yes, I'm still HT centric) or be trying new tubes all the time. I like SS. You buy the right one, put it in and enjoy. I heard Daves Raven amp. I really liked it -- a lot. But I have also heard SS amps that I really like a lot. I really do not think one is inherently better than the other. Only ones that appeal to individuals more than others. If I hear a tube amp that I really think takes things to the next level, I'll rethink it, but then I have 11 channels to deal with and I'm still not clear on how to do a stereo bypass and even less clear on if I want to.

btotw, Maybe Lancelock will weigh in on your question. He has an MZ2 pre, and has used a ZOTL 40 and the Benchmark amp with his DIs. I think the SS amp brought a little more bass heft and control w/o losing the harmonic richness.

Oh, I’m totally on-board with that opinion Vitop. There currently isn’t a tube in my system. The Odyssey Candela Pre I’m getting only has two tubes. Klaus SWEARS I’ll love it and if I don’t, he’ll take it back. The Kismet power amp I’m getting from Klaus isn’t tube. Fully SS. This is exactly why I would seek your and Nick’s opinion on it. You both are open minded, but SS leaning. Exactly as I am. But more experienced in the hobby. But I’m still going to decide what it is I like as the final answer. It’s what we do in this hobby. Right?
And my set-up will have a HT pass-through. I use my system as much or more for HT than I do for Music. Hopefully that will work correctly or I’m in trouble with the boss.

And cool to hear you’re also a car guy. That is my expensive hobby. I have a mustang running 8.6 at 160 in the 1/4. The black hole in the garage into which I pour money. I could have built a stand-alone 100 seat home theater for what I’ve spent on that car since I purchased it in 2001.