Tekton Double Impacts

Hi teajay,

THANK YOU!

I just re-positioned.

The best I can do is 3ft off of the front wall. Currently it is limited by speaker cabling length, however, a simple re-route will fix that. Mainly it is keeping my wife happy with the layout. She finds the speakers to be ’massive.’ Which they are. : ) She calls them "the second wall."

Your corrected distance between the speakers was noticeable immediately.

The best I can do there is 8ft center to center. The limitation is the media console.

Leonard Cohen has landed on stage, from up above!!! Images are much more solid now. Major improvement.

I’ll re-consider spikes. The reason for bypassing them is my 3 yr old son. Primarily safety reasons for him. Way secondary are the obvious damage related ones to the DIs or any other equipment and items they might take out.

Speaking of spikes...any recommendations from owners of the DIs???

I’m not sure if anyone has done a head to head comparison of spikes vs the other options like Herbies, in terms of stability and of course sound performance. Let me know if you have feelings or opinions about this???

I know that you are sold on Sistrum Platforms. Would they keep the DIs stable / impervious to a 3yr old’s determined efforts towards keeping Eric Alexander’s creation honest with the laws of entropy and gravity?

Appreciate the guidance, teajay.

david_ten,

If you go back a few pages different floor interfaces were touched on.  If you have a concern with your little one, you might consider what I used--soundocity steel outriggers.  This broadens the foot print and increases stability.  Good for both safety and sound. I used large rubber  rubber feet to interface with my vinyl plank floor. (It's a nice look as well).  check out their web site and if you have questions I can give you details on a less expensive/more rigid way to accomplish this than using their stock offerings.  One last thought--if you really want to hear your DI's soundstage open up, they also make outriggers on rollers.  Might keep everyone happy.  Any sonic sacrifice would be overshadowed by the huge increase in soundstage.

Mike, may have to tag along with mac to check out your LTA gear some Saturday.

David_ten, 

Congratulations on your new speakers.  I use the Star Sound Apprentice platforms beneath my speakers and they're truly an asset.  However as the speaker is supported by only the upward facing spikes the speakers can be knocked over without significant force. IMO they could be toppled by a determined 3 y.o. So definitely sonic benefit but perhaps not the best option in the presence of small children or larger pets. 
Charles 

Hi David_ten -

I had a similar question for Tekton a few days ago.  Eric told me the following:
He is not a big fan of having his speakers far apart, as it robs some dynamics.  At the shop, he listens to the speakers about 6 feet apart center to center. (6-8 feet center to center works very well) 

As far as distance from the speakers, start at an equilateral triangle.  This is not the best final location, only a starting point.  Then keep moving them back until images start locking in.  I have found a factor of about 1.3-1.4 from the speaker to your ear/head works well.  This means if your speakers are 7 feet apart, the distance from the speaker to you will be around 9-10 feet.

Toe-in...Eric told me he uses this as sort of a tone control.  The more you toe them in the hotter/brighter they get, so you can use this to get the right amount of highs that work for your room and listening preference.

When I first, pulled the speakers from the boxes I wanted to be able to move them around easily, so the first few hours I did not have the spikes on them...I was disappointed in the sound.  Putting the factory spikes made a huge difference (and I'm sure there are other solutions that can give even better results).

As a dad, I would not put the speakers on a non-fixed type of platform/stand/spikes/etc with a 3 year old running around.  The speakers are just too big and heavy if something happens.

Happy listening!

Mike
Audio Archon - dealer

To mac48025 
 
I'm very interested in the fact that you owned DIs and Legacy Focus at the same time.  I owned Focus 20/20s.  I loved the bass but found the highs to be a bit bright.  I really miss the bass!  I am debating trying the DIs but only if their bass rivals the Focus in impact and depth and the highs aren't so bright.   I'd like to here more from you on those two issues.  Has anyone else had a similar opinion of the Focus 20/20s?  Do the Newer Focus sound similar?  Thanks.