Tekton Double Impacts

Thank you, Kenny, for reposting this  article by Nelson Pass. I read it a few years ago and didn't understand it then. I still don't understand it, but I misunderstand it less now than then. Like you, it helps explain why I like the sound I do from my F-3's feeding my Brilliance for opera and chamber music with some symphonies thrown in.

Regardless, Eric's speaker are sooo  revealing. I'm still tweeking minor speaker positioning. I still wish someone would tell me if I would benefit by moving higher up the food chain either in First Watt or Pass amps? Even though Reno Hi-Fi is generous in their return policy and trade ups, it still is a heavy lift for a retiree on a fixed income. But, for the sake of undistorted 3rd order sound...no pain, no gain (pun intended).  Others on this lively thread are welcome to chime in.....But please don't try to convert me to tubes.  I tried a modified Dyna-kit st-70 years ago and ...don't get me going. A real pain in the tochos for mushy sound.  Excuse this ramble. It's late in Utah.

"Schwo6", I'm looking for your post, but got lost in the dialogues about tubes or paint......Join in, if you wish.

Thanks teajay, any info would be appreciated. They sound like wonderful tubes. I believe Kenny is correct in that they are not Shuguang tubes but are Golden Dragon Retro KT 88's that are replicas of the GEC. Thanks for the info Kenny.

Ill find out soon enough as I orders a matched quad of the Golden Dragon Retro KT 88's. The bay has them at a reasonable price, which I'm a bit leery seeing as they are twice the price at another shop in the US and at another in England. Hopefully I'm getting the real deal. 

Corelli, you tease! Share your tubes with us......that sounded so wrong :)

mazikrav,

If all you have ever heard in tube land is a mushy old dynaco then you have no idea how good they can be,but I will say no more unless you ask and I will lead you to a F7 which I think would be a logical stepup in a slightly more open sound but still retaining plenty of that 3rd order sound you like and may also have a sweeter top end and slightly better control of the bass.
The 30.8 is very nice also but is big,heavy,and puts of more heat than a first watt and probably is a little overkill for you in Pwr.

The best SS that I have heard yet is my Diy Sit2 that uses a pair of Nos Sony Vfet's in a push pull topology making 40watts into 4ohms,
but these are rare amps and only a handful were built from a small collection of matched and genuine Sony transistors and they are pretty much unobtainable now.

Nelson does have a couple new amps in his FW lineup coming out probably next year and that would be the F8 and the Sit3.

Or you could really step out of the box and get yourself the all in one Lyngdorf Tdai-2170 that grannyring and others are really liking.
I personally haven't heard one but I will predict that in the next 5 to 10 yrs this kind of Class D technology will be further refined along with improvements to switch mode pwr supply's that will turn the Audio Industry upside down and probably only small percentages of Audiophiles will retain their Tubes and Class A SS gear.

I'm stocking up on tubes as I write this post because I will always have a least a couple of Tube amps for a different fun flavor forever.😃

Kenny.

Thanks, Kenny:

You're a real treasure!!!!!
I'll keep your post for reference over the next months and find a way to research all the options. No questions right now. I'm too busy listening and saving money.  But next year......