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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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mac48025
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Lol mofojo, six months of listening to my DI's and I still think they have no right sounding as good as they do.....so join the club! Your skepticism is understandable as I was the first to own and review these speakers and was probably over the top in extolling their praise, but it was hard not to. It's been comforting seeing so many echo my praise of them.....at least I know I'm not crazy now! FWIW........any system improvements will be clearly evident through the DI's along with room treatments and speaker placement. I've found giving them space away from side and back walls helps them to open up more, but I'm sure that's true for just about any speaker. 
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lancelock
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Mac, how far away from the wall is optimal? I think my current Monitor Audio speakers are about 2' away.

mofojo
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Mac, Not sure if you have ever put your ear up to the speakers but it sounds like to me the 10 inchers are just bass as would be normal, the mid drivers don't seem to go very high either. Sounds like most of the upper mids as well as the highs are coming from the 7 tweeter array. Whatever crossover magic is going on here I think Eric is definitely on to something.
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mac48025
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Only Eric knows what kind of crossover wizardry is going on with the DI's. Many were apprehensive about the seven tweeter array but after owning the Enzo's with their three tweeter array I trusted in Erics abilities with tweeter arrays. I haven't listened closely to the differant drivers but I'll have to now as I would have thought the mid bass drivers would have handled more of the upper mids. With your Odyssey Stratos Extremes driving the DI's have you blown over any walls yet?
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mac48025
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Hey Lance,
While the DI's sound excellent 2' from the back and side walls they sounded better yet when I was able to give them even more room from the walls after building a dedicated listening room. They are now 4' from the side walls and 6' from the back wall with a 6' opening between the speakers extending another 6'. 
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