Tekton Double Impacts

@csmgolf  If you want to hear the speakers simply buy them and audition them. Hell, I'll pay the return shipping costs myself if you don't keep them.

You know, about 80 pages ago I said that the return shipping charges would be worth the fun of playing with a new toy for a month.  More importantly, and also noted before more than once, has been what's stated above.  I can't imagine auditioning a speaker in an unknown environment and having confidence it will sound great in my room.  Your room has far greater impact on the end result than many other changes we make in our gear.  So what's the big problem here.  Unless you live near a dealer (few of us do) that stocks the gear you want, it's not like you're going to pack them up and return them locally. No, your going to ship them back.  Tekton in hardly unique in this regard.

In addition to everything that has been stated, arrangements can also be made for in home pick up in the event the speakers are to be returned to Tekton.

There is an old saying "you can't please all the people all the time."

  LP

I just don't understand why people are so upset. I am considering these as a possible replacement for a pair of Mosaic Acoustics Illuminations. If you have never heard of them, look them up. They are a $25,000 a pair set of speakers made by Dale Pitcher, one of the best designers in the business. I was able to get a great deal on a used pair. I first heard them at Axpona 3 years ago and thought they were the best at the show. Saying that you can't get great sound at a show is hogwash, particularly if the speakers are great. If the DIs are what people say they are, the positives will be able to be heard at a show. I understand enough to know that my room would be the final say so, I have been doing this a while.

The Illuminations are the most demanding speakers to set up that I have ever experienced. Moving them by 1/4 of an inch makes a difference. The tweeters are movable for time alignment and 1/16 of an inch makes a difference. It has taken months to get it right. They are outstanding speakers capable of transcendent sound. They are also massively heavy. 150 plus pounds for just the bass cabinets. So it is not just a matter of slapping the DIs in my room. I have to move the other speakers out which are multiple pieces and a complicated break down. Believe me, it is no small task. Particularly when you are doing it by yourself. Then if the DIs don't beat out some great competition, I get to move them back in plus ship a large set of speakers. Even though current position can be measured, there will be tweaking to get them back to what I am getting from them now. 

My drawback with the Illuminations is that a subwoofer is a must. I hate using subwoofers for stereo, period. As exacting as the rest of the set up is, so it is blending a subwoofer with them. However, the imaging, sound staging, purity of tone, and coherence within their usable range is amazing. I am looking for a bit more simplicity and bass extension/power without giving up much of what the Illuminations do so incredibly well. The fact that I am even considering the DI at all says that I believe there is a lot of potential. The DIs have been shown at a couple of other shows. When I question why they are not being shown at one of the largest shows in North America when they have a local dealer, I get attacked by owners that act like I am insulting them personally. Bizarre stuff. I want to hear them first and am willing to travel within reason to do so. 

I think Eric will have a pair of Tektons at AXPONA with Parasound,