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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
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@cliffkhz  you may want to reach out to @evolvist  I believe he has an angled room and has worked around it.
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@nitrobob  The link you shared doesn't load and I'm sure it is due to my system/settings.  But I can imagine.  Given your audigon 'handle' I had an inkling : )


lancelock
1,094 posts
 
@ozzy , I just read this on the Tekton owners Facebook page:

"Listened to two different amps today with an Audiogon member. ATmasphere Mk-60 mono and a Rodger mojdeski built amp. The atmasphere mono amps were very good and drove the DI's nicely. Hardly even a load for them. NIce inner detail, transients and upper and mid range. The DI's will reveal anything put into them nicely. QUite the educational time. My BAT vk500 does most of this very well but the finesse of the ATmasphere tube amp is really superb. I am still interested in the Lyngdorf 2170, the BAT VK55SE, the Aric Audio Transcend seriesKT120SE amp.Good Times tonight"
greg22lz
182 posts
 
@ozzy that was me.
clio09
3,355 posts
 
I was the Audiogon member that greg22lz referenced. I will say this about the DI's, in addition to being a great value, I think they could be one of the most versatile speakers I have heard when it comes to amp/speaker matching. We listened to a high powered BAT solid state amp, a moderately powered Music Reference RM-200, and the Atma-Sphere M-60s, the latter two I brought over for the listening session. While each amp had a unique presentation that delivered outstanding sound with the DIs, what amazed me was how effortlessly the M-60s drove them. This amp has its own power meter and it barely flickered, maybe, and I'm being generous, it kicked up to about 5 watts on peaks on a couple recordings. Listening levels were about 70 to 80 dB. No impedance issue from what I could tell. I had my Speltz Zeroes on hand and I never felt the need to insert them into the chain. In fact, I considered pulling some tubes out to drop the power output.

Thanks Greg for the hospitality and great session. Now lets get you down to Marin to hear an ESL.
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