Tekton Double Impacts

If you have trouble uncrating them Jeffrey let me know and I'll be right over to help.......uncrate them into my truck, that is ;) Seriously though, it shouldn't be too bad. I got the Legacy Focus SE's in place by myself and they weigh as much as the Ulfberhts. I used a hand cart to get the boxed speakers into my room, which included slowly sliding them down a set of stairs, unboxed them laying on their sides, slid them out and stood them up. Where there's a will there's a way and hearing the Ulfberhts would create a lot of will! I'm very much looking forward to your impressions. I think you're in for a real treat, my friend. 

Vitop,

i honestly dont know how Eric does it. If doesn't actually perform every part of the speakers construction, he's at least involved in it. The cabinets are built by someone else I believe but Eric gets his hands into everything else. On top of that he personally answers the phone, at least all the times I've called. His new assistant might be his new wife.....they were married last December. 

A new subwoofer design too? You're getting all kinds of treats! Please let us know all about your speakers and subs when you get them. 

I will. Thanks!

@vitop what are your options/ideas for mounting DI surround/rear speakers? I'm also thinking of DI surround/rear but i am not sure about how to mount/raise these speakers, they are pretty big and heavy for surrounds

iamasif

I agree. I had actually asked Eric about this very thing. At this point in time he is not supplying any sort of brackets and is not making the speakers with any type of mounting capabilities. Any threaded inserts would need to be done for a particular mounting pattern.
So it really is an issue. The two rears will be sitting right above our seating area pointing down on top of us, so I am concerned about it also. Eric said to get some brackets, screw them into the speakers and use catch cables.
Once I get them, I am going to do a review of the different bracket types and may in fact put inserts into the speakers myself.
So I guess what I am saying is I am not really sure either. I need to get it solved. I was thinking about a different brand of wall mounted speaker, but I would like to keep it the same.
If anyone on this forum has dealt with and solved this issue, it would be great to hear about it.

One thing that will help me is that the rears will only be about 4" deep, so that will keep the mass down, but it is still an issue to solve.


Right now my leading candidate of an idea is a mount (a mini one) like that is used to mount a flat screen TV to a wall and allow it to tilt down. I would need one that would allow a 90 degree of tilt down so I had the ability to tilt it down as much as I need. I do not think a bracket like that would be that hard to find. then I would put screw inserts into the back of the speaker and screw the other part onto the wall. The fact that the speakers would have little clearance to the back side of the cabinet makes me nervous about drilling holes. I wish there was an actual Tekton solution but at this point in time, there is none.

Then I have to figure out how to attach a catch cable to the speaker. An internet search for speaker catch cable did not get me anywhere.