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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
aniwolfe
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I would like to call out Response Audio as someone who makes great tube pre amp/amp products with high quality parts at reasonable prices. Consider them as well.
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charles1dad
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Hi teajay and Tom,
The problem is that Jcarcopo already has an active preamplifier  (transistor) in the signal chain so he doesn’t need two active preamps in the same path.  A zero gain tube buffer could possibly be an option,  hard to say. 
Charles 
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jcarcopo
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@teajay @mac48025 - I was just waiting for somebody to bring up Linear Tube Audio, again, for the umpteenth time 😂 lol.  It's obviously crossed my mind, how could it not the way people gush about their products on here?  I'd be a fool not to consider them considering the repeated high praise.  So okay,  it's on my list. I'm not hard to persuade, but more importantly I respect both of your opinions. They are also priced competitively which is great because I've hemorrhaged too much money this year on audio.  I have a lot tied up in Elrog/Emission Labs power tubes and various NOS tubes too.  I'm worse than a junkie with audio. 
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jcarcopo
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@charles1dad - Zero gain tube buffer sounds interesting too.  I could always sell the Benchmark DAC2 HGC and get a standalone Benchmark DAC3, it's probably a wash on money, but I'm still thinking it has an op-amp gain stage and it still uses a volume control as its designed to be run source direct, but also through a preamp if one chooses. The HGC adds the additional inputs, but I'll check the non-hgc specs and see what's what.  Maybe I need to find a different dac? 

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mac48025
672 posts
 
At least our addiction to audio is healthier than crack. At least that's my rationalization......and I'm sticking to it! Besides, I could stop buying audio gear any time I wanted. Really. I could. Well, after my new DAC, cd transport and amp get here I'll quit......until my next purchase ;)

I'm quite confident that the CEC TL 2N transport and Concert Fidelity DAC  040-BD will be my last source components I'll need to purchase and I'm hoping the Aric Audio Transcend SET KT 120 amp will be my end all amp, but the Frankensteins have set a high mark to match. I love the DI's but something tells me the DI SE's are in my future. Then I can hopefully stop buying components.....I know, highly unlikely!
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