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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
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charles1dad
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Hi Kenny,
Thanks for your very insightful comments. You certainly have  much direct listening experience with quite a lot of high quality components and speakers. Your impression of the Magico sound concur with mine. Impressive in the Hifi realm but for me they just lack expressing the emotion, communication and humanity inherent in good music.IMO there isn’t soul or breath of life presentation which I find mandatory. for music listening. I do acknowledge that some consider Magico the pinnacle of speaker design. To each their own.
Charles
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charles1dad
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Hi Mac,
Just let me know when the time is good for you.  I'll be back in Michigan early next week. 
Charles 
craigl59
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Kenny:
Colin told me that they keep the declared value at $299 and, so, the customs people do not check it. He also promises to meet his 2-week deadline.

BTW, just got a Bohemian SACD of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances (Fischer/Budapest Phil) AND, for the second time, heard the DIs do something I had not heard before. Heard live, the Dances have this guttural power in the low-mid and bass regions that I can best describe as "Slavic rumble." The DIs reproduce this sound eerily accurately. Have never heard this quality reproduced in another speaker. Kudos once again to Eric...

david_ten
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It just occurred to me that our discussions on this thread are heavily weighted towards amplifier pairings with the Double Impacts, and to a lesser degree the preamplifier; and specifically optimal outcomes with respect to both component types.

There has been some discussion of source components, but in terms of a weighted average very low coverage of the front end.

I find this very interesting and am curious as to why this may be the case. Thoughts?
kdude66
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David,

I think you do have some valid questions but I can't really answer them,so I will try some speculation.

Some guys are using the MZ2 as a Intergrated and or a preamp and some guys have different brand Intergrateds which Offcourse don't mostly need a preamp.Both of us probably agree that a quality preamp in the chain is a very important link related to synergy of the whole system.

You mentioned also about discussion on source components and I agree that there is been very little info.I look at that as most users of the DI's already have a quality front end either digital or analog and are kinda set using what sounds good to them,but source components can also equate into the whole of Synergy.

I used to be a big analog guy and still have a big collection of lps but honestly in the last 5 yrs or so,mainly due to today's Dac's being so darn good I find myself only playing records that I don't have digital files of or records that just simply are better recordings than the digital files I do have.

I still own 2 complete analog rigs but I do have 3 different Dac's in the mix.

Just my thoughts,

Kenny.
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