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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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david_ten
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@snopro Thanks for sharing your impressions of the Coincident Frankenstein and the Pass XA 30.8. I’ve had the 30.8 in my system for about a month now, so your take on it is especially helpful and relevant to me.

When I hear about tone and timbre, little bells go off, akin to feeling fleeting butterflies in one’s stomach. I have not yet figured out why this is so, but the best I’ve come up with is that tone and timbre are among the most subjectively important aspects of music. Please know that though the previous sentences were triggered by your post this is a genuinely general reaction of mine and I’ve pondered about asking the same when similar topics have come up in the past.

Does this make sense? Perhaps you and others can elaborate? Thank you very much.
david_ten
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@charles1dad   

Charles,

As always, you are informative and enlightening!  Thanks for the additional clarification.

The 3 dimensional presentation, I believe, is much easier to get agreement on. Having come from tubed systems in the past, I easily get this aspect of tubed amps like the Line Magnetic. However, the same concerns apply with respect to tone and timbre. Any guidance or thoughts in this regard?
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
Hi David,
I freely acknowledge that tone and timbre are subjective evaluations. There’s no way to measure this parameter. I personally rely on my pretty frequent exposure to live acoustic music heard in venues that don’t use microphones on the performers.

The audio equipment that comes closest to this sound is what I choose.  Non scientific yet very effective for me over the years. Naturally what sounds like correct tone and timbre reproduction to me may not to you or another listener.  No argument there but when all is said and done I trust what I hear.  

No doubt that some would argue that solid state sounds equal or better in regard to tone, I get that,  it's a very individual judgement call. So I can understand Snopro's Frankenstein versus Pass Labs when comparing tonality. You could hear both and give the tonality edge to the Pass Labs.  Simply a matter of perspective.
Charles 
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
I currently have a borrowed First Watt S.I.T push pull version by Mr. Pass himself for the D,I,Y, community which he loves. Pure class A and 40 watts, this is quite a good sounding amplifier with exceptional tone/timbre. Yet in direct comparison with the Frankenstein the SET has more purity and tonal authenticity in my opinion. The presentation is also more emotionally engaging with the SET. Snopro noted the same in his 2 amplifier  comparison. I guess we both hear in a similar fashion.
Charles
evolvist
167 posts
 
So, I spoke with Eric at Tekton, and he says that the mini-Ulfs are about 7 days out, 10 days at the max. 

This is a good things being that my loaner speakers sold, and I also sold some radials that I had. 

I'm speakerless! 
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