Tekton Double Impacts

I ran the TDAI-2170 as a secondary amp from 2015-2016. It’s greatest strength was bringing quality bass out of every speaker big or small. It was successful being paired with everything from PSB T3’s to B&W 803 D3’s. The results with standmount speakers was very impressive. It should be pretty interesting with Double Impacts. I replaced it with a Devialet D-Premier but the room perfect was (and still is) missed.

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David, Computer room correction with Live Dirac has been a revelation in my system. I am excited to try room correction with tube amplification. W4S ST-500 mkii class D didn't work our for me, but I would have much prefered room corrected class D to the uncorrected Parasound. I don't doubt the Lyngdorf sounds good to you. Room correction is a powerful tool.

Charles, thanks for all your commentary.  I finally pulled the trigger on a used Raven Blackhawk. The LM508ia demo helped me understand your sonic descriptions of  "fleshed out" and "meat on the bones". Had there not been a used deal available I may have stepped up to the 48 watt SET or the Pass XA 30.8. The money saved will allow for GIK treatments and some better cable.

Has anyone here with tube amps tried room correction? Does it hurt more than help a well treated room? Maybe tone, timbre and presence is sacrificed for imaging, focus and clarity. I've read that room treatments before attempting calibration provide much better results than correcting a bad room to start with.



 

I am trying out a new DAC and mic in my videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynDugSR0Wuw

Let me know if the sound quality is better for you guys. Enjoy!

An additional point on the 2170 to get the most out of it. It should be used as the one box solution it is. To simply use
it as an amplifier, or as preamp with room correction only, or using an external DAC with it misses the greatness of the whole in my opinion.

The ability to lose all of the additional cabling and take advantage of the very short signal paths and inherent synergy of this one box solution is one of the reasons why it sounds so darn good.

I tried hooking up all manner of external amplifiers to the 2170 including tube amps and even their own model 2400 amplifier. In the end the 2170 sounded best on its own.

It is almost pointless to use it any other way. As a standalone DAC or using external amps the performance is mediocre and defeats the purpose of the design basically. I never had any luck experimenting.