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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
theachean
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FWIW I have had set of Tekton Brilliance speakers for about 6 months now.  I am running a Dennis Had Inspire LP-2 Pre and Dennis Had Inspire HotRod SEP Amp with KT tubes (currently KT-150s).  Fed by Sonos into a Shiit Bifrost Multibit and an iTube.  I also put a subwoofer in the system with the cutoff at 50hz.  About 1/3 of my music is lossless and the rest... not so much.

I love the sound from this system.  Big sound stage, great clarity, plenty of power and a very musical feel to the whole thing.  I listen to a lot of jazz, alternative, classical, and a bit of rock and it all sounds great.  I ran it with out a sub for maybe 5 months and it was great, but the sub gives it a bit of extra at the bottom that I like, but I think that's really a personal preference thing, you don't need to have a sub with these.

I went with the Brilliance after a bunch of conversations with Eric at Tekton.  I could not really fit the DI's into my room from a decor standpoint and after we talked through what I listen to and where I was heading from a system standpoint he suggested the Brilliance over the Impacts or the Electrons.  I have not heard any of those, but a friend of mine has a set of Lore's that I listened to before pulling the trigger.  Compared to the Lore's the Brilliance are a similar animal in my opinion, just... more.   All I can say is I'm very happy with them. 

buds
34 posts
 
Not to start an S-storm, but what is this all about? Go to 1:49 in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OajX5UjWgiU 
aniwolfe
760 posts
 
I definitely want to know what that resistor mod thing is about. But then again it’s NO mystery that all DI’s are not built the same. Just read Grannyrings later posts.
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grannyring
6,466 posts
 
Oh well. No resistor in series with the 6.5 inch midrange drivers in my set or any other set I have seen the insides of with builds thru September. Seems he is padding them back a tad with some resistors? Interesting. Right now just 220uf cap in series and an inductor.

Like to know the value of the resistor he decided to add in series.  If someone finds out please let us know.  
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lmswjm
62 posts
 
Congrats theachean,
Sounds like you put together a great system for really reasonable money. I’ve wanted to hear one of Dennis Had’s amps for a while now. I know the Brilliance is one of Eric’s favorite designs. No doubt you’re getting good sound. Good luck!
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