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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
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canibefrank
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well... his speakers are actually replicating what a very light transducer (microphone diaphram) is recording... but i am down with the tekton¡ i want some impact monitors¡
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jcarcopo
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I've putting my Encores through it's paces with a pair of Nord One SE Hypex NC500 400 wpc NCORE based Class D amplifiers and the results have blown me away.  I've been loving the performance with my Diavolo 300b 6 wpc amplifier, but with 400 wpc at my disposal using the Nords the improved dynamics and tremendous bass slam is incredible.  These amps are on the neutral to slightly warm side because of their amazing input buffer stage.  They sound more like my SET amp than different, but the macrodynamics and the bass is truly incredible without giving up anything in microdynamics.  These are nothing like the Double Impact woofers as they are long-throw and not paper cone and they produce some of the most prodigious, cleanest, tightest, and deepest bass I've heard with a few rare exceptions (JBL). They pretty much slaughter the double impacts in that category hands down, it's no contest.

I would love to here the new Pass Labs on these speakers, but that's a down the road dream at this point.

I'm torn that the slight drop in efficiency on these speakers seems to call for more power to get them to really let loose, but I will try my 300b xls tubes and adjust my tube amplifier to output 13wpc and see if double the wattage will recreate something closer to what I'm getting with the Nords in the bass department.  Don't get me wrong, playing Kodo drums is very satisfying even with 6 watts, but theirs a dynamic slam and chest hit that's absent even if all the bass context and texture is intact.  I'll report back soon.  Again, I can't recommend this speaker more if you are in the market for sub $10K speaker!
craigl59
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jcarcopo:

Am very interested in your speaker assessment AND your information about the Nord monos. Bought the Nord Stereo UP version from Colin last year and it was mediocre in my system. After a week one of the channels blew and I went back to an Emotiva monoblock that sounded 10 times more accurate for acoustic instruments and voices.

My question to you deals with tonal weight. One reviewer of the Lyngdorf 2170 repeated my Nord experience: he kept increasing the volume to reach a satisfactory level and never quite got there. It wasn’t because the volume increase wasn't there, it was; it was because the tonal weight for the instruments wasn’t present.

So, my question to you is one I have raised with several others on the Lyngdorf thread: do you feel that the weight (or body) of acoustical instruments is portrayed accurately with the Nord amp? Good instruments to check this are the cello and double bass. Do they sound natural and full?

What is the maker for the Encore woofers? Am a bit unsure about 11 inch drivers. Is this one available on the market if you blow one?

As mentioned above, have just upgraded to one of the last Emotiva XPA-1s and it has 60 watts class A and 1000 watts class A/B. The DIs do incredibly well with these amps and they draw, easily, 500 watts on large orchestral crescendos.

So I second your description of the value of plenty of power.

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