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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.
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david_ten
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@mazikrav:  Thanks for your response. I did consider the Brilliance but since it was Terry London's review on the Double Impacts that made me reach out to Eric, that is what I went with.

Please post more on the Brilliance! Would love to hear how they are working out for you.

I'm planning a trip to Eric's magic works later this summer or early fall. To hear a number of his models first hand.
mazikrav
52 posts
 
Dear David, Mac48025 and anyone else following this idle, pleasurable, string:
By no means would I enter into an intermural contest between two of Eric's excellence speakers.  fyi, I have not yet heard the Ulfberhts.  Their size and price put them out of  my range. I'll probably visit Eric in the near future and give them a listen, though I doubt I can improve on the wonderful clarity and balance of my Brilliance. Perhaps we could met when you do the same.  What kind of music do your DI's channel?
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mac48025
672 posts
 
My DI's mostly play acoustical jazz, female vocals ( jazz, contemporary, blues/folk/rock blend) and live recordings of genres from Sinatra to Holly Cole to Cowboy Junkies to Sarah Jarouz to The Chieftains to The Wailin' Jenny's to.....you get the idea. 

While the Ulfberhts are out of my price range also and I'm totally happy with my DI's I'd love to hear them someday.......even if I'm secretly hoping they aren't much better sounding than what I already have ;)
mazikrav
52 posts
 
Here's a further correction and amplification of my broken Latin, mac:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_gustibus_non_est_disputandum

I like Haydn, Oscar Peterson, anything with the human voice from opera to  Jimmy Driftwood, Gilbert and Sullivan, Adele, string quartets,

If you want, let me know when you're coming out to Utah.  Maybe we can meet at Tekton Design.  btw, who is Sarah Jarouz?
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bullitt5094
266 posts
 
Bleachers has a new release called "Gone Now". I doubt it fits many folks taste on this thread (my daughter claims I'm 60 going on 14) but tracks 5 and 6 will totally expose the dynamics and imaging of DIs. I am enthralled. Now I do have a DIY sealed sub with opposing 15s powered by two crown amps that help a LOT below 80hz. But the DIs by themselves carry that floor when I loose them to the task. Again, not everyone's music, but worth a listen IMHO if you just want to crank it up and have some fun.
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