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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
mofojo
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Teajay,
Have you tried the MicroZotl as a preamp feeding a SS amp? Specifically a high current high wattage one like the Odyssey Stratos Extreme I am powering my DIs with? 
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charles1dad
10,236 posts
 

David,

I suspect that the remote version is excellent and probably just a trace less transparent than the non remote version, however Israel is a perfectionist and that "trace" would bother him.


Backert Labs and of course the LTA ZOTL preamp are both considered to be excellent and are less expensive than the Coincident. Only way to really know is to hear all 3 directly, but easier said than done. For certain there are fabulous choices available.

Charles

teajay
1,655 posts
 
Hi Mofojo,

Yes, such as Pass Labs XA-60.8 mono-blocks/Accuphase-450 and it brought its special magic to these SS amplifiers.  When I was taking it around for people to hear it in their systems there were both tubed and SS based, the owners all agreed that it was superlative and better then their pre-amps, regardless of price.  I believe it sounds very different, more like real music, because of David Berning's ZOTL design, and it brings this to any system its placed in.  

I have reviewed both Backert Labs pieces and have listened to the Coincident SLS, all three are great performers.  However, they don't  do color, space, and dynamics the way the LTA does.

I would be very interested in what Charlies, because of respect for his ears, take would be on the comparing his SLS with the Micro-ZOTL in his system  
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charles1dad
10,236 posts
 

Teajay,

This is why I never refer to any audio product as being the "best". There are too many situational variables and listener preference issues involved. One of the strengths of the Coincident Statement (CSL) is tone and timbre honesty and emotional liveliness. However the LTA ZOTL could be every bit as good or better. We  as music lovers have superb choices available in the current market.


It's impossible to hear and own every possible excellent sounding component out there. If I were starting today to build a top tier but affordable audio system,Tekton Double Impact,  LTA and Line Magnetic would without question be of high interest to seek out and hear. Coincident has served me in a most wonderful manner yet I recognize there are other audio options every bit as worthy.

Charles

teajay
1,655 posts
 
Hey guys,

Wanted to share after many hours of fun listening, that now my favorite combo driving the Dl's is the LTA Micro-ZOTL with a  SET 2A3 amplifier offering 3.5 watts at 4 ohms.
 
 Now get this! This SET 2A3 retails for only $1,200.00!  It's the Opera Consonance SET headphone/integrated amplifier.  My dear friend Mike Kay (CEO of Audio Archon) who by trade is a professional engineer performed surgery to remove totally out of the circuit the inexpensive volume control so the Micro-Zotl was directly driving the amplifier section. It was quite good before surgery, but now it kills it!  The purity/transparency and macro-dynamics have been unleashed.  I experience this combo as retaining the sheer power/dynamics, spatial qualities, and purity of the Micro-ZOTL used as an integrated amplifier, plus the color/timbres, and "meat on the bones" three-dimensional imaging that a 2A3 tube brings to the mix.  I had no problem with volume levels and dynamics with the Micro-ZOTL as a stand alone amplifier as I shared before, however you can hear what the extra 3 watts delivers when the music calls for it.

I scored this "little gem" from Quest For Sound.  If they have anymore in stock I would go for it.  Remember, to get what I'm hearing now you will have to modify it yourself or pay the small charge to remove the volume control out of the circuit.  

My final experiment will be with 10 watt 300b mono-blocks that I will be getting hopefully in the next couple of weeks.  Right now I'm in "sonic heaven" with this combo.  Just think, world class performance with a pair of 3K speakers, that you can drive with anything, and electronics that retail for less then 3k!  The NOS tubes I use actually come close to the price of one of the pieces!  By the way I'm using a pair of NOS RCA 2A3 tubes and one  NOS RCA  5751 in the Opera amplifier     
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