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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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@grey9hound   Thank you for the specifics. It's good to understand the front ends of our systems. I'm working on some changes and knowing what's being used and the resulting impressions is helpful. 

It's also terrific that you opened up your home and system to Bill.
david_ten
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Dennis, I hope you meant the above mostly in jest....

I know it's difficult to work through the words and the back and forth in these forums. I don't believe Terry means anything negative, if you interpret it as such...I see it as sharing a perspective and where he's coming from ---- just as you are with a system you love and enjoy. 

In fact, when things get direct and are put in stark relief as happens from time to time...I find the posts during those periods most informative.

I'm a fan of the ST100 and would love to hear your system as much as I would like to hear Terry's in person.
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jcarcopo
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McIntosh always surprises me that they are still a going concern at their excessive price point considering how they sound to me at various times that I've heard them setup over the years. I think it's well made and very attractive gear, but I wouldn't own it based on their sound quality and my own preferences of what I like to hear. 
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teajay
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Hey grey9hound,

I would not describe my position as a "hater" of McIntosh gear.  I have tried for at least twenty years to understand why listeners liked this brands house sound because I never got it.  Many of my friends had McIntosh amplifiers driving Maggies, Thiels, B&Ws, Vandys, and virtually all them left this brand for either great SS like Pass Labs or other tube based gear from other companies.  

Just like I never liked the house sound of Wilson speakers, which finally got rid of that lousy tweeter and replaced it with a silk dome in all their models, Magico, Y&G Acoustic these brands never appealed to how I experience music in the real world.  Does this make me a "hater" I don't think so, but a listener who clearly knows his personal taste of likes and dislikes.  And if you do not care for the brands that I find quite wonderful I would not label you a "hater" but someone with very a different sense of taste from mine.
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