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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
strateahed
299 posts
 
Great discussion continues. @teajay thanks for weighing in with comparisons to other brands, as it gives a really good frame of reference.

I am now leaning heavily towards making the trip down to SoCal for the L.A. Audio Show, since Tekton is on the exhibitors list. Plus it looks like an excellent line-up all the way around: laaudioshow dot com. 
jetter
3,026 posts
 
I know this sounds silly, so be it.  I haven't seen the speakers except in pictures, and it looks huge.  If a foot smaller I would have already bought a pair.  Size matters sometimes.  How did you manage to not have it overwhelm your room, or is it in a dedicated music room?  Don't take this the wrong way, I am still really interested in the speaker.
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mac48025
672 posts
 
jetter, they're pretty big but I don't consider them massive. I had them in my 20x15x8 family until building the dedicated listening room and while they definately stood out they didn't totally dominate. The wife even got used to them.....and that's saying a lot! The problem is if they were a foot smaller they wouldn't be DI's anymore :) The Enzo XL or Enzo are shorter and sound great but aren't up to par with the DI's. I went with Mercedes Diamond Black which makes them appear a bit smaller. 
tektondesign
205 posts
 
Jetter- 

Since the DI's are too big look at our Brilliance model. It is an absolute slice of heaven and I created it for those needing a smaller sized loudspeaker. Rick Becker at Enjoythemusic.com is reviewing this model and he received his pair yesterday.

By the way... I don't buy into a speaker being too big for a room. Any larger speaker can be imposing visually in a small room. However, a small room with a well-engineered absorption coefficient can sound amazing.     

Eric Alexander 

audioarchon2
37 posts
 
Hi mac48025!  

We are still discussing with Tekton on the upgrades...and will share when we have the details (which should be next week).  After we have the details we can finalize the price. I know you were just guessing, but it will be MUCH less than the $30k that you mentioned. This will be a nice upgrade and still be priced so most audio enthusiasts can afford it.

Thanks!
Mike
Audio Archon
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