Tekton Double Impacts

I am celebrating nearly one year with the DI's and its given me cause to recollect my audio journey this last year. I feel fortunate to have experienced a few " ah ha" audio moments during this time.

 The first was the DI's. I need not elaborate much as this thread is full of reasons why.

 The second was the Linear Tube Audio MZ2. I'm still using it as an integrated amp and am amazed how well it's one watt drives the DI's. It's musical purity is mesmerizing.

 The third was hearing Charles' Frankensteins in my system. What an ear opening moment. As much as I was enjoying the sound the MZ2 brought to the table I now heard how much more the DI's were capable of delivering and just what so many referred to as the " SET magic" was all about. 

The he fourth was adding the Concert Fidelity DAC to my system. I had no idea how much a DAC could contribute to reproducing beautiful music. I thought my previous DAC was quite good, but the CF DAC took things to a whole new level. 

I'm hoping my next purchase, the Aric Audio SET KT 120 amp, will continue my fortuitous streak of ah ha audio moments.......and I'm quite confident it will. 

I believe the DI's were instrumental in allowing all of these system changes to bring forth all of the benefits they had to offer. Their transparency allows every upstream change, good or bad, to be fully demonstrated. Whether it's cables, tubes or components the DI's will reveal even the most subtle nuance these changes bring about. That just might make the DI's the single most important audio investment I've ever made. 

Charles,
Thank you for the confirmation. I certainly am impressed with your experience on these forums. I see your posts all over the place, 6,158 posts and counting. Wow! I am also impressed with your politeness. It's refreshing. And then there's your system. That's really nice. I saw the photos of it. The Frankenstein's were the first amp I was interested in a few years ago but my speakers were not efficient enough. But with the new Vaughn speakers, I may investigate that possibility anew. I have some auditioning to do with the LTA ZOTL amp first.

I have enjoyed perusing this forum and have been impressed and even amazed at the level of gentlemenliness on this thread compared to what I have seen elsewhere. Keep it up gentlemen.

Perhaps I do not belong here due to the fact that I no longer have any interest in the DI's. But I have genuine respect for many of you, have enjoyed your conversing, and just wanted to share my experience.

Take Care,
Michael

Michael,

Welcome to audiogon and you are most certainly welcome on this thread or others.You and I may not agree on every piece of gear but I personally enjoy other people's opinions because I may get some good actual user feedback that a professional review may miss or it might be a piece of gear that I never have heard of with little info online.

I hope you enjoy your Zotl 40 when you get one,I like mine.

Kenny.

@audiopitbull  Many fans of the Playback Designs Merlot.

I like what Jim Jordan of Vaughn Loudspeakers does (and he's a terrific guy to work with)...I'm sure your Vaughn speaker with the Dukane Plasma Tweeters will be very enjoyable paired with the Merlot, MZ2S and the Pass XA-30.8.

Thanks Kenny,

BTW, You are one of the "you's" I referred to above.  You also have some amazing equipment and I am aware you like the Directstream. I encourage you to listen to a fully burned in Merlot if you get an opportunity. I think you would be surprised as I was. I recall I think that you play the piano? You will know immediately if you and I agree on the Merlot.

I love music so much. My pit bull, Bear, and I sit on the couch and listen to music for hours when we're home. I don't know if he likes it or not, but it certainly doesn't bother him since most often he's dreaming and snoring at 80-95 dB levels. I too fall asleep sometimes listening to music like that. I get a genuine high. (no wine or other substance induced, just the music). 

As I've heard it here also, it's all about the music. I concur.

Well, I have more to say but will have to come back tomorrow. I'm an owner/operator (specializing in experimental aircraft transportation, irrelevant I know) and am headed for the pillow right now.

Michael