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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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@nitrobob

Thanks for your honest and interesting write up on the Tektons. I don’t think you rubbed anyone the wrong way at all. You seemed like you tried everything you had at your disposal. For me though I had to make a decent amount of changes in my system to get what I wanted from the Tektons. Some people (grannyring) had to modify the speakers. Some just placed them in the room and magic!

Have you thought about trying Model 3a signature Vandersteen speakers? Not the most efficient but they have 10" woofers. When I heard them I thought they had a warm natural character, but the highs had nice amount of detail. Not only that, but they have tweeter and mid controls on them, to fine tune them. There is a fine line with warm and super crisp highs though, so keep that in mind. You can’t really have both...sorta a middle ground. At least that is from my experience. Anyways Vandersteen came to mind, I am sure others might have other examples for you to try.

Best of luck and thanks.
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charles1dad
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My takeaway is "no" audio product will please every listener. The Tekton Double Impact is no exception to this fact, 
Charles 
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almarg
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I'm looking for a good, dynamic, warm, speaker that has a real crisp tweeter and big inch woofers, and can play loud... Know of any ?
Very few audiophile-oriented speakers can generate 110 to 112 db SPLs at 9.5 feet and be in their comfort zone, if they can do so at all.  Especially speakers that are in the price range of the DI.  Perhaps some Klipsch models would be suitable candidates, although I don't know if they would meet your other requirements.

In any event, thanks for providing the thorough writeup.

Regards,
-- Al
  
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@nitrobob  no doubt that 110 db at the listening position which is 120 db at 1 meter is going to be a challenge for most speakers...if you don't mind the look of these and if you can put them 3' out from the wall, I think you may find them up to the challenge... http://www.spatialaudio.us/m3-triode-master
give Clayton Shaw a call, tell him about your DI experience and what you are looking for and I think he will give you an honest opinion.  otherwise, maybe these since they will give you that ribbon sound and play really loud
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