Tekton Double Impacts

Statements such as SET are the best for emotion and solid state are best for bass slam/dynamics are WAY too general and are simply not correct.  Sorry.  I've owned or heard so many amps I know that's not true.  The best amps I've owned were Shindo Sinhonia which are 40 watt push-pull amps. The key is to match them with the correct speakers and get the room/set-up right. 

grey9hound, Jerry at 10 Audio certainly agrees with you about the ST-100; http://www.10audio.com/rogue_stereo100.htm

I just received my Tekton DI's today. I got them hooked up, still messing with placement here and there. They are a little imposing in height. I ordered the low gloss black rather than spend more on the gloss color. I did speak to Eric briefly. He was very enthusiastic, so much so in fact I began to recoil a little. My expectations were getting kind of high, i told him so, and he said, "Well, remember, these are only $3000.00 speakers after all so..." We kind of left it at that. I had auditioned a few different speakers a couple of years back and I wasn't particularly impressed. I had the Gallo 3.1 reference speakers with the SA. They are the ones with the dual voice coils. I liked them but I didn't love them.I traded up for the 3.5's and I thought there were some decent improvements. I changed speaker cable, power chord, IC's a few times and couldn't really get out what I thought should be coming out of my system. I read a lot of reviews. A LOT!! And I read them over and over trying to glean any information to get a better idea of what I had, or what I could get to enhance my system. I read speaker reviews by these pro reviewers and I couldn't figure out how they could hear all that stuff they were describing. Timber, tone, detail this and that. I kept thinking WTF am I missing. I just found out! I now know what this is all about because my system has the one thing it was missing, a good, no a great, speaker. These are tremendous. They absolutely sing. They are the most beautiful sound I could ever have imagined. They are gloriously musical, very detailed, very laid back in their presentation, just beautiful. They have the $300.00 upgrade. I am done looking for speakers! I then changed out a couple of different IC's to compare. I could hear EVERYTHING about the IC's. I am in love with these speakers! 
System- BAT VK500 amp, VK51se tube pre amp, VKD5se tube CD . Damn, it does sound sp awesome! No room treatments, just sofa, chairs and carpet. I might change the IC's but they are also very detailed and transparent. Holy crap, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it myself and it was because of you guys on Audiogon on this thread that caught my eye. Thank you Agoners!

greg,

Not gonna say we told you so, but....
Glad you are happy with your new DI's.  Just think, with break in they will even be a bit better!  Glad this thread helped

Hi Greg,
Congratulations on getting the Double Impacts (DI) . It truly makes me happy when a fellow music lover expresses such newfound joy and sheer satisfaction. When you get down to the grass roots of it audio products are just a means or conduit to get us closer to the music we love to listen to, really that’s it.

As you’ve come to realize through your own experiences not every component or speaker has this capability, some are better than others. You use terms such as "sing" and "beautiful " to describe what the DIs have brought to your system and that’s a wonderful discovery.

Getting the musicality you describe along with the high resolution isn’t a given. The lack of genuine musicality is a barrier to emotionally being able to connect and deepen the all important music involvement factor while listening. Without It will seem as though you’re detached and merely observing the music rather than being a part of the experience.

The Double Impacts have eliminated the restrictive barrier you previously had in your system. Now the music "sings" and the entire listening experience is indeed "beautiful "😊. This is a fantastic new level and there’s no retreating backwards for you.

The improved resolution provided by the Double Impacts do allow you to hear any change in the signal chain (source,amplification, cables, racks,footers etc.). All this for "only" 3000.00 dollars? Who would have thunk it? 😊 I’m very happy for you.
Charles