Tekton Double Impacts

Hi Mike,

I had a conversation with Eric regarding your very positive comments about the performance of the DI speakers at my home and in Allan's listening room.  He was also aware of our respectful disagreement concerning were the DI speakers place in the pantheon of reference speakers, including your pair of series-1 Wilson Sasha speakers.

If the readers of this thread don't know already, you are Mike Wright, staff reviewer for the Stereo Times website.  In my humble opinion, your one of the best and brightest writers on that website.

So here's the "challenge" we came up with that would be a lot of fun and at the same time be very informative for the Audiogon members.  As soon as I get my pair of up-graded DI speakers that I purchased (about two or three weeks) I'll make arrangements to get the audition pair of the basic DI's to your house so you can with your own gear, music, and acoustic space make a side by side comparison of the DI and your Sasha speakers.  Maybe, you can talk to your editor, Mr. Perry, if he would be interested in having you do a formal review for Stereo Times.  If not, at least you could share your experience here on Audiogon. I'll do all the heavy lifting to get them to your house, you just have the fun of hearing what you think of their performance when you get them in your own environment.  I believe this would be very interesting  experience to see what your conclusion would be comparing a $3,000.00 speaker to a speaker that retails for over $25,000.00 when you can spend time listening to it on your own home turf!  

Let me know if you accept this good natured "challenge"

Thanks, Teajay   

Mike, 

When you said updated DI, I was thinking a PMD DI which are in the price range I was guessing at. When will we hear more about this new upgraded DI? Is it something that our current DI's can be updated to? Inquiring minds must know! :) Any info anyone could give on them would be appreciated. 

Terry's good natured challenge would be a great one to hear the results of. I've never personally heard the Wilsons, but many seem to compare Tektons sound to them. It would be very interesting to hear how they actually compare. Something tells me the DI's would make a very good account of themselves. When I first got my DI's and shared my impressions of them many doubted they could be as good as I was describing or that I preferred them over my Legacy Audio Focus SE's. Comparing them to your Wilsons would take things up a notch or two......or three! 

Question guys. I can't find a pic of the backside of the DI. Are there bass ports on the back? Are the holes in the front of the speaker next to the mid drivers ports or really big holes for the grill pins?

Mofojo,
there are two rear bass ports and the four small ports on the front next to the mid drivers.

Wow!  This thread still lives?  I must confess that I usually do not go out to chat rooms and post.  The post I made here a few days ago is probably my first or second time posting here since I have been an AudiogoN user. Usually, when a review of mine is posted, I get a bunch of emails afterwards and that's generally enough going back and forth regarding something I said for me.  Readers tell me I'm either a good writer and that they were enlightened about a piece, or they'll say I'm a total idiot. Actually I do enjoy the reader's emails because at least I know they're reading my reviews and I respect that they have their opinions whether they agree with me or not.

In terms if the DI "challenge", sure, I would love to have the opportunity to put them through their paces and evaluate them in my system.  I need to add here, though, that VAC has informed me that they are sending me an amp and preamp for review and that I need to put 200-250 hours on them for break-in before I do any serious evaluation.  I have also been asked to contact a couple of distributors who want gear reviewed that for possible opportunities.  So keeping that in mind, you'll have to tell me if you are wanting me to do a review of the DIs or if you want me to spend a weekend listening to them and coming back here and sharing my findings.  We can discuss.