Tekton Double Impacts

porscheracer,

The deal with Mark at Reno hifi would be a good one taking in consideration the trial period and 20% off.It would be a demo unit and probably have some time on it.These amps really need about 500 hrs to show you their true sound.

With this amp I can easily get 100db at my listening position 10ft away and still have plenty of headroom and that is playing full orchestra music.

One thing to take into consideration is the first watt F7 has lwr gain then most SS amps but you would be fine using your Freya that has 14db gain with the active tube stage,the passive probably wouldn't work up to the volume levels you listen at meaning you would simply run out of volume.You also would probably want better sounding tubes in the Freya than stock,I don't know if you use the tube stage of the Freya with your Vidar amp.

I use the LTA MZ2S which is 4db lwr gain then the Freya would provide and I have no issues driving either First watt amps that I have.The volume control of my preamp would be at the 1oclock position for the volume level mentioned "100db"at 10ft to give you an idea what I'm talking about.

I personally think you would like the sound qualities of the F7,but the only way for you to find out would be to try one for yourself.

Kenny.

@kdude66

I have several different sets of 1940’s and 1950’s NOS tubes that I am using with Freya. I am using the tube gain mode with Vidar because I prefer the sound with the tubes. But, I am not happy with the audible hum from the speakers. I suspect if Vidar had 16dB or so of gain, we wouldn’t being having this conversation.

Not knowing any better, I am very happy with the sound that I am getting from Vidar. Push comes to shove, I can certainly live with the hum as it is very difficult/impossible to hear once I sit down and listen to music. This is due to the fact that my brain adjusts to the higher sound pressure levels and the hum is below the threshold of hearing at that point. If I just sit in the silent room, I can hear the hum faintly from my listening position. But it sounds like dead quiet when music briefly stops.

But, this gives me a chance to listen to some other amps and figure out if there are better options out there that I choose to afford.

So last night I asked my wife her take on a tube amp that I had pictured.  Understand she knows NOTHING about tube amps or for that matter about any of my gear.

"Why don't they let those tubes out of jail?" she says.

Fine, here's a pic without the cage.

"That's ridiculous.  NO tube amp should ever have that many tubes!  (there were 14)  NO tube amp should EVER have more than six tubes.  No more, no less!" she demands.

Good grief.....she's probably right.

I can see you smiling now Charles.

Terry,
Well I had a strong suspicion the Ulfberths may have a higher sensitivity given that your 3 watt amplifier fills such a hugh listening space.

Hi Corelli,
Is this tube amplifier OTL or a high powered push pull ? Your wife might view my amplifier favorably,  there are 3 tubes per mono block 😊
Charles

My wife says your Franks are "awesome" once she realized you have a total tube count was 6.  So you have my wife's total approval and she is convinced you have a great system (which you do).  Many of you other guys may be in trouble.

It was a Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP Charles.