Tekton Double Impacts

@ozzy , I just read this on the Tekton owners Facebook page:

"Listened to two different amps today with an Audiogon member. ATmasphere Mk-60 mono and a Rodger mojdeski built amp. The atmasphere mono amps were very good and drove the DI's nicely. Hardly even a load for them. NIce inner detail, transients and upper and mid range. The DI's will reveal anything put into them nicely. QUite the educational time. My BAT vk500 does most of this very well but the finesse of the ATmasphere tube amp is really superb. I am still interested in the Lyngdorf 2170, the BAT VK55SE, the Aric Audio Transcend seriesKT120SE amp.Good Times tonight"

@ozzy that was me.

I was the Audiogon member that greg22lz referenced. I will say this about the DI's, in addition to being a great value, I think they could be one of the most versatile speakers I have heard when it comes to amp/speaker matching. We listened to a high powered BAT solid state amp, a moderately powered Music Reference RM-200, and the Atma-Sphere M-60s, the latter two I brought over for the listening session. While each amp had a unique presentation that delivered outstanding sound with the DIs, what amazed me was how effortlessly the M-60s drove them. This amp has its own power meter and it barely flickered, maybe, and I'm being generous, it kicked up to about 5 watts on peaks on a couple recordings. Listening levels were about 70 to 80 dB. No impedance issue from what I could tell. I had my Speltz Zeroes on hand and I never felt the need to insert them into the chain. In fact, I considered pulling some tubes out to drop the power output.

Thanks Greg for the hospitality and great session. Now lets get you down to Marin to hear an ESL.

Thanks guys for the demo info with the M-60's I wish I could have attended. For now, I'm going to pass on the DI. 

ozzy

@nitrobob  I use two 6466 Precison Turbo "mufflers" on my Mustang. Highly recommended. Nice to see another NHRA License holder on the thread.