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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.
corelli
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@tekton: Very happy that your DIs are working out for you!

@longdrive55  Great to hear that you are considering the DIs or Ulfberths.

@pawsman: Thanks for sharing your impressions on the Impacts. Just to clarify, did you go with the "monitor' portion or is it the full floorstander?
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mac48025
672 posts
 
Bullitt,

the reason I recommended Odyssey is that they are very musical and great with home theater also. I had the Kismet Monoblocks and Candela pre until getting bit by the tube bug. The dynamic slam with the Kismets and Tektons was bone jarring. I'll be getting the Kismets again when I get my theater system going again. The theater gives me a good reason to get the mini Ulfberhts so that I can move my DI's into the theater system ;)

Someone asked about the Raven amps. I had their Blackhawk integrated amp with the DI's at first and while it sounded quite good it was noisey. Another Raven owner with DI's experienced the same problem....a buzz/hum that could easily be heard from 10' away. My Decware Torii was much more quiet ( could only hear the same sort of buzz up to a foot from the speaker) and my LTA MZ2 is dead quiet. Each successive amp in my system produced more realistic music also and hopefully my next amp will be the most musical yet!
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giantsalami
227 posts
 
I have Kismet monos pushing the monitors with 2 REL subs.(see the photo gallery on the Tekton site, last pic.) These crank! I will be getting rid of the monos soon, If anyone is interested. It is a great combo! just waiting patiently for my grills...
pawsman
29 posts
 
David_ten,
I have the Monitor only; it looks like the top half of the DI, but
the drivers are different and the single port is on the back. My
comments on the bass referred to the Monitors + Emotiva subs,
though I suspect the Monitors by themselves would do very well.
Eric says they get good response down to around 35hz (with room gain).
Paired up with 2 subs, I have a full range system I'm very happy with-

pawsman
pawsman
29 posts
 
giantsalami,
I saw your picture on the Tekton site, very impressive. I'm driving the Impact Monitors with a high powered class D amp; why are you dropping
the Kismets? That would seem to be a match made in heaven (unless you
got bitten by the tube bug)-

pawsman

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