Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions

coot, here are your amps:
https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649626932-audio-mirror-45w-set-monoblocks/
i have an older pair w/o some of the upgrades these have, and they're very nice.  with power to spare; they can probably drive almost anything except really inefficient speaker in a big room.. 

if you want to bi-amp, the way to do it is with an active crossover set at 40-100hz, (depending on room and speakers), and a pair of subwoofers driven by solid state or class-d amp.  unless a conventional speaker's normal bi-amp x-over point is 100hz or less, i'd stick w/identical amps if bi-amping...

imo, of course.  😉  and, if you have room, i'd recommend going to actively crossed subs even if your main speakers go deep.  that's because most speakers that can dig even into the 20 hz frequencies have their first x-over point anywhere between 300hz-1khz.  and if they don't have to see that last 40-100 hz, the mains themselves will sound better, as well as the low bass sounding better.  and the amps driving the mains will also thank you!  probably a lot, if they're set amps?  😉

doug s.

@cooThe Audio Mirrors @Sedond/Doug recommends are another high powered SET option as well. They're made in the USA at a very fair price. I've not heard them yet personally to offer any input on them delivering SET-like goosebumps and magic especially utilizing that russian 6c33c pentode being ran in triode mode. They are very beautiful amps though and definitely are a well thought out design considering their necessary protection system to prevent malfunctions if the tube decides to malfunction. 
I considered a similiar pair using that tube made by a one-off manufacturer in NJ. The amps were made in Vietnam, unbeknownst to me, and were very poorly made, even after a tech went through them and getting them working he just looked at me and told me to return them because they were of a poor design and were highly distorted way short of their rated power.  It was at this time I noticed the Audio Mirrors.  I reached out to the builder's Audiogon ad, but didn't hear back and around that time I discovered the Allnic A6000 Monoblocks and I decided to pounce on them.

If you go that route please chime in and let us know how you like them! 

Any thoughts or experience with Decware Amps?

@bourcier I've only oggled their website a few times.  I was drawn to the 25th Anniversary Super Zen Triode 6wpc monoblocks (how could you not want a pair after reading that marketing material, 😁), but I fear atleast15wpc might be really the minimum the Encores need to sound decent with enough low-end extension.

I never looked at his other offerings, but I kind of like the guy. He's very passionate about audio and it shows in his product information.

@bourcier - i had a very bad experience w/steve deckert a few years back.  at the time, i had some very efficient 97db/1w coincident victory's. steve assured me that one of his low power ~4wpc amps (i forget which model) would have no problem driving them - even tho his amp was 4 ohms, and the victory's were 14 ohms.  it seemed to me that his amp would only be making ~1.3w into a 14 ohm load.  

well, i was right; fortunately the amp i bought was used, and i was able to unload it w/o taking a bath; but it was a total waste of my time.  the amp wouldn't even get to normal listening levels when fully cranked, let alone loud.  and i had three other 4wpc amps to compare, that had no problem driving the speakers to louder than comfortable levels.  i can't say i trust deckert all that much...

ymmv,

doug s.