Tekton Double Impacts

Congrats Lance. Love the color you chose. It's making me wish I hadn't gone with such a conservative color now! Sounds like you have another winner with LTA's new amp. Bet the SE's will sing hooked up to it. 

Glad to see they are giving more realistic lead times and hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised with something closer to 16 weeks or less. Mine should finally ship early next week making it 10 weeks since ordering. 

I wanted to share some new updates with my DI’s, upcoming SE’s and associated equipment.

Aric Audio is working on upgrading the 300B amp he built for me while I’m having him move everything into one of his new, heavy duty, sweet looking brushed aluminum chassis. Aric has reported that he’s been able to create and even more organically textured sound with a dead silent background. Music to my ears! I’m also having him build me a matching 12SN7 linestage. The synergy should create even better music and they will look as good as they sound.

I wanted to try some different isolation footers for my speakers since I’d be needing some for the upcoming SE’s. After reading much praise about the Isoacoustic Gaia isolation footers I purchased the Gaia I’s even though I was quite skeptical of the sonic claims many were making regarding them. I figured I’d end up returning them as they probably wouldn’t live up to the hype. Boy was I wrong! I put them on my DI’s and was shocked by how much they cleaned up the sound. An even quieter background that allows the most subtle of details to emerge, smoother and richer vocals, better imaging and a tighter, more musical bass. While they aren’t cheap at $1300 with the carpet spikes I consider them a bargain for the improvements they made. Obviously YMMV, but on my carpet and padding over concrete floors the sonic improvements equaled a component upgrade for me. I wouldn’t have believed that was possible with just isolation footers

Yes, more confirmation that these feet might really be worth it. The non-SE owners should be ok saving some money on the GAIA II 120 lb limit (14 lb margin) for the standard DI's. Thanks for the report

Brotw, I'm sure the Gaia II would work for the DI's but the sales rep suggested the Gaia I for them. Even though the II's are rated to 120 lbs their isolation effectiveness diminishes the closer you get to their upper weight limit. It would be interesting to test them both on the DI's as the II's are half the price of the I's making them a much better deal. 

I bought LiteCoins pretty cheap. I'm desperately trying to hold on to them, but it might be time to buy a new pair of speakers 🔊, that is, if say the mini-ulfs come out soon.