Tekton Double Impacts

I haven't tried Hypex, but a W4S ST-500 mkII class D was not my cup of tea. To be fair, a tube instead of ss pre would have helped greatly.

Anyone try with the Benchmark AHB2 amp?

@bstatmeister I've heard the amps, but not on Tektons. While technically they maybe extremely low in distortion they don't exactly convey music emotionally for me. They are detailed though, but a bit uninvolving. I'm driving my Encores with a pair of 60wpc SET tube monoblocks.  I only mention this to give you some idea of my bias and preferences.  You can always audition their amps for 30days buying direct from Benchmark. I've owned several of their DACs and enjoyed them when paired with tube amps.  I'm not much for solid state amps with rare exception.  Ironically, I am driving a pair of Empyrean headphones with a Monolith THX 887 headphone amplifier to great effect. The Empyreans are quite warm and lush sounding so the ultra low distortion and detailed sound of the THX circuit meshes nicely with them synergistically.  Best to try the combo, Tektons may very well pair nicely with them.  Best of luck. 

So, I've been joyfully researching and mulling the possibilities (of Tekton and other speakers - mostly Vandersteen) for a few weeks - you know how it goes. I have an important question with respect to how this plays out... room size... I have only a small room in which to place my speakers: 12' by 14.5'. I have a couch at one end, almost against the window, and then the stereo sits at the other. My RP280's with two 8" woofers blend well, but they have only operated as a fill-in to this point. The tweeters are just too glaring, although I may be able to dampen. Still, I'm thinking about Tekton, thinking about whether the DI's could operate well in my room... I'm not hearing enough about the Electron's. In fact, I'm a little concerned that they are mostly a compromise speaker, developed to offset the WAF. The latter is the reasoning provided by Tekton's front-end person, when I inquired. Another person cautioned me strongly against going Tekton because of his experience with the Electron. Clearly. he hasn't heard the DI, which so many praise. Nevertheless, his claim was that the Electron did not come across as effectively integrated, that each "way" seemed a bit too independent, that the speaker lacked musicality for the aforementioned effect. Back to the RP280's for a minute: they really have a decent bottom end, so I don't want to lose that and I don't want to sub-it-up, which is absolutely not needed in my 12' by 14.5' space, given my musical preferences, which are strongly acoustically oriented. I love the plucking, hammering, thumping, trilling, vocalics, double-bassiness that the Klipsch have been able to reveal, but I need a much softened, or removed glare. And then enters this DI concept, reading as such a marvelous thing. A serious full-range event is my goal and intention. 

Thank you, in advance. 

@Listening99 The DIs are very coherent and well integrated IMHO.  People have put them in rooms smaller than yours.  They have no glare or harshness in mids or highs. They will provide ample bass for your room size.  I can't speak to the Electrons, but my DIs and Encores are both very coherent and well integrated. I'd actually be surprised if the Electrons were incoherent.