waltersalas
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| Wilson Audio Duette 2's vs Tekton Ulf's Missioncoonery, with all due respect, your persistent negativity toward Tekton speakers and those who own them has grown tedious in the extreme. There is a very noticeable and annoying air of condescension in your posts toward those of us (and ye... | |
| Line magnetic 508 with Tekton Double Impacts. Match Up Yep, I'm your man, bobster50. And thanks for the nice words, Charles. I don't know if I have "golden ears," but I have had a lot of equipment in and out over the years and tried lots of different speakers, amps, sources, and cables in my room, and... | |
| Allnic 1201 and Herron VTPH-2 Al is correct. I have owned both of these excellent phono stages, though I had them in different systems at different times and thus cannot comment on precise head-to-head similarities and differences between the two. I thought both of them were, ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Welcome to this growing and cheerful gathering, Bill M, and congratulations on your order of the Double Impacts. Glad to hear that you are also considering the LM 508ia integrated, which I am enjoying so much that I have not been the least bit tem... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks for all the kind comments, folks, and I appreciate in particular the nice remarks from Charles and Al, two longtime members here for whom I have the utmost respect. It is also great hearing from fellow Double Impact enthusiasts, a couple of... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hi Charles, et al.Well, nothing is ever easy in audio, is it? I have been spending quite a bit of time comparing the Daedalus and Tekton speakers, and my feelings have sort of evolved, I guess. When I first put back in the Daedalus speakers after ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks, Kenny. I am indeed having a blast with these speakers. I have had audiophile speakers that sounded great with audiophile music, but completely inadequate with good old fashioned rock and roll music and other "mortal" recordings. Now, the D... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Greetings, all.I have now had the Double Impacts for a couple of weeks and have between 50-60 hours on them. Speaking of Line Magnetic amps, I am driving my DIs with the 508ia integrated and can report without reservations that it is a spectacular... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Charles, when the family is around, I generally listen at a moderate level, which barely moves the needle on the meter on my 508 at all. When they are out, I will let it rip, but this amp and these speakers excel at any listening level, which I ha... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Corelli, et al--They are sounding terrific. I just finished up the last week of a particularly grueling semester (I'm a college English teacher), so my listening time this week has been somewhat limited. I probably have somewhere between 20-30 hou... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? For a lot of us, once you go tubes, there is no turning back. I made the foolish mistake a couple or three years ago of getting rid of all my tube gear and buying a Devialet--which is an attractive, very "nice" sounding, user friendly, all-in-one ... | |
| 80's iconic artists Agree on Sarah Jarosz. Love her records, and finally got to see her perform a couple of weeks ago at Merlefest in Wilkes County, NC. Wonderful set.As far as iconic 80s bands (in addition to those already named), what about the Replacements, Sonic ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Yes, there is more discussion of the 508 over at Audio shark, as Charles stated. In fact, some of the folks there actually heard the 508 compared to both the 518 and 219 and posted some very interesting impressions. It is an informative and insigh... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks again, guys. I am looking forward to the comparison. Though I understand from many of you that the Tektons sound good right out of the box, my experience with new speakers is that they take anywhere from 50-100 hours--or even more--to fully... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks, guys. I think it will be an interesting contrast. I certainly agree that the Daedalus are special, and I could (and may) certainly live with them the rest of my days.On the other hand, I am intrigued by the Double Impacts and feel that it ... |