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Tekton Double Impacts

Anybody out there heard these??

I have dedicated audio room 14.5x20.5x9 ft.  Currently have Marantz Reference CD/Intergrated paired to Magnepan 1.7's with REL T-7 subs.  For the vast majority of music I love this system.  The only nit pick is that it is lacking/limited in covering say below 35 hz or so.  For the first time actually buzzed the panel with an organ sacd. Bummer.  Thought of upgrading subs to rythmicks but then I will need to high pass the 1.7's.  Really don't want to deal with that approach.

Enter the Double Impacts.  Many interesting things here.  Would certainly have a different set of strengths here.  Dynamics, claimed bottom octave coverage in one package, suspect a good match to current electronics.

I've read all the threads here so we do not need to rehash that.  Just wondering if others out there have FIRST HAND experience with these or other Tekton speakers

Thanks.
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willsw
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nicks25,
Well Pleased AV has decided to go with a different amplifier pairing for LA and will no longer have the MZ2, so we will unfortunately not be present at the show.

Regarding two pre outs/splitting the output, the output impedance of the MZ2's outputs is very low and shouldn't have a problem with two loads to drive. From the Stereophile review's measurements section: "The output impedance was 2 ohms across most of the audioband, as specified, increasing slightly to 2.35 ohms at 20kHz."

We are still waiting for a pair of Electrons for the listening room (the DIs would be a bit too big). I'm curious to hear the MZ2 power the speaker on its own, but I'm even more interested in hearing the ZOTL10 paired with it. 

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Willsw 5-26-2017
Regarding two pre outs/splitting the output, the output impedance of the MZ2’s outputs is very low and shouldn’t have a problem with two loads to drive. From the Stereophile review’s measurements section: "The output impedance was 2 ohms across most of the audioband, as specified, increasing slightly to 2.35 ohms at 20kHz."
Willsw, thanks, but those measurements (which I presume are from this review of the microZOTL2.0) pertain to the speaker-level outputs, not to the pre-out RCA connectors which were what was discussed in regard to splitting (or, alternatively, adding a second set of connectors). Specs and/or measurements of the output impedance of the pre-outs don’t seem to be available, but I would expect it to be MUCH higher than 2 ohms.

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-- Al

willsw
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Al, he states that almost all (he doesn't say which were not) measurements were taken from the RCA jacks, which would be the preamp outputs. As the outputs are wired in parallel, the output impedance should be 2 ohms, as are the headphone and speaker outputs.

I've seen many irresponsible things done in with connections my time at LTA but I've never seen an MZ2 damaged from what's going on at the output. 
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I am not sure I need a double impact. Do they make a single impact? 

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Thanks, Willsw. I missed the statement in the review about the three outputs (RCA, speaker, headphone) being connected in parallel, which of course would not normally be done in a higher powered amp. So, yes, driving a sub and a separate power amp from the RCA jacks via a pair of splitters, or alternatively from a second pair of RCA jacks installed as an option, should work fine.

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-- Al

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