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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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bullitt5094
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evolvist, vitop, is the NW Houston Audio Society keeping it's head above water. Just want to be sure you guys are OK.
kdude66
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Lance,

Very nice to read about that old amp,
I remember those from the mid 80's and they were quite popular with the high end crowd.I couldn't afford one though and I would imagine that nowadays most of them are in Asia somewhere.

porscheracer,

I'm glad you are liking that pioneer and I don't doubt it sounds better than your Vidar and you have found out for yourself that 30watts is huge pwr with a speaker like the DI's.I'm glad you found one that had been updated and ready to go.

Kenny.
kdude66
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Corelli,

I think that is fantastic and you are already mentally tube rolling.

Keep us updated.

Kenny.
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grannyring
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Kenny, please let us know where you end up on the tube amp build. I would love to build a 2a3 amp just the way you are going about it. I would choose the same 6sn7 and SS rectification. 

Now I just need speakers that mate well with the 3 watts! That is a very cool aspect of the DI speaker. I would usually use my Lyndorf and sometimes put the 2a3 into service.  Fun stuff! 
porscheracer
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mac48025

The Pioneer M-22 runs quite hot. I can touch the heatsinks but I can't leave my hands on them for very long.

The amp is 6" tall and I have it in an 8" space on my rack. The rack is open on all four sides so I think the ventilation's is fine with 2" of space above it.

@kdude66 

Yes, 30 watts of Class A power seems to be enough. I still have my doubts about 1 watt though! If I put my Freya preamp in JFET mode (tubes bypassed, no gain), I can crank the volume all the way up and it is not painful. It's louder than I would listen to, but not way too loud. The tube gain mode provides 14dB of gain. Vidar has 27dB of gain. I am not sure how much gain the M-22 has. I can't find that spec anywhere and I don't know how to measure it myself.

The more I read about the Pioneer M-22, the more I find that it was considered one of the best amps of it's time and is still considered a phenomenal amp. Based on my experience with it and the DI's, I have to agree. There seems to be a nice synergy there.
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