Tekton Double Impacts

Mac,
That sounds awesome I have no doubt that you guys had some good listening.

Kenny.

Hi Tom (Mac),
Thank you for inviting me into your home to hear the Double Impacts and I really appreciated your very gracious hospitality.  Tom and I first listened to the speakers driven by the LTA MZ2-S.  Well I finally heard this "1" watt component in action.  It does in fact drive these speakers and furthermore the resultant sound quality is good. I just wanted to confirm that point. 

We then listened to the same recordings using the MZ2-S as a line stage and the mono block Frankenstein MK II 300b SET.   In a very short period of time Tom and I simultaneously heard the quite noticeable difference the amplifiers made.  Essentially more of everything,  air, more fleshed out tonal body,weight and harmonic color and richness.  

Relatively speaking the music came alive with increased drive,energy dynamic contrast and definitely more emotional involvement.  Piano and the drum kit in particular were clearly more present,  powerful and believable.  Miles ' trumpet and Coltrane's tenor saxophone became more tactile and realistic. I was very impressed with the music reproduction in Tom's room, it just opened up and came alive!

As I told Tom there's room for further improved IMO. Using the 8 ohm tap of the amp driving the 4 ohm Double Impacts is not the ideal connection  (despite the really good sound we heard). I believe that a Frankenstein with the 4 ohm speaker tap is going to sound superior with the better impedance match. 

It was a very enjoyable afternoon and Tom is a friendly and easy to like person.  My belief is that if Tom buys the Frankenstein or any "high" quality SET amplifier he is going to have a genuinely top notch home audio system to cherish for many years. 

To be very clear,  his current sound using the M2Z-S as an amplifier quite good.  Unquestionably there is a sizable step upward with the insertion of the 300b mono blocks. 
Charles 

Ok Charles how did the DIs sound? You must know we want your impressions as this is a DI thread and your experience with them will be helpful. Thanks.  🙂

Hi Bill,
Off course I was describing the sound of the system as a whole (there's no other way). To try and isolate the speakers is difficult.  It is obvious to me that they are truly resolved and honest as the sound changes starkly given a changing variable  (in this case,  amplifier and the recordings). This is exactly what an excellent speaker should do. 

Female vocals, piano and various brass instruments all sound natural and believable.  In audiophile jargon,  soundstage,  imaging and separation/layering are done at a high level of competence.  More relevant to what moves me,  tone, timbre, musical ebb and flow,  engagement,  it's there.  

This speaker will simply reflect what ever you place before it in the signal pathway for better or worse. Bill this is a very good speaker and makes me wonder how good the "SE"  version is with the upgraded Scanspeak drivers. 
Charles 

I wonder the very same thing. Thanks Charles.