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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
vitop
221 posts
 
Jeffrey:
I am assuming the detail is not in the bass? So you have the difference in the bass as well as the detail in the mids and highs?
333jeffery
122 posts
 
Vitop, that would be correct. Though the bass is the most noticeable difference, so far. Also, the Ulf's have a very forward presentation to them compared to the DI's. This is settling down somewhat with burn in, but it's still there.
kdude66
1,200 posts
 
According to the specs the Ulfs are 1db more sensitive than the DI's.

On my DI's I changed the woofers to the eminence betas which gave me much better defined bass.I changed the crossover parts to much better as well,I only use my subs for some music usually they are turned off.

Kenny.
craigl59
307 posts
 
Jeffery:
Overall would you say the ULFs have greater dynamic headroom than the DIs? In particular, am thinking of large orchestral recordings where the ideal is to be very loud but not sound electronically/acoustically stressed. Am getting some of this with the DIs and have found that cleaning up the room's resonance characteristics helps greatly with this goal.
Thanks again for your information. Eric lists the amp limit at 1000 watts -- can only think of the Emotive mono blocks that produce this kind of power at 4 ohms. Getting this as class A power would be another story...
Craig
vitop
221 posts
 
Jeffrey -

So other than the bass (more and better), midrange and treble (more detailed) all sounding better than the DI, I guess there is not much to talk about :-)

Seriously though, can you go into the "forward" nature of the Ulf. I can take that to be either a positive or a negative. The DI is also pretty forward, so do you mean the Ulf is too forward? Or maybe describe forward in what way?

Thanks.
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