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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
craigl59
307 posts
 

Kenny: Once again, thanks and also this shows, once again, how this thread continues to work for those interested in informed responses.

Have heard back from Colin and ordered the Nord Stereo with both of the available op amps. Hope that one or the other will provide the kind of sound ideal perfect for my DIs.

Your room is large, but not quite the space I have: 20X22 with 14 feet ceilings and two adjoining rooms stretching out the two lateral dimensions to over 32 feet. As a result, the Emotiva monoblocks with 500 wpc, 4 ohms, do a good bit of work. Will see if the Nord is an improvement.

BTW, find that the DIs sound good in all three adjoining rooms when they are cranking hard. The full sound is very balanced and pleasant.

Reviewers talk uniformly about how good the bass response is with Class D and we shall see. Am able to make adjustments with Apqualizr.

SO, stay tuned around late July for another report.

kdude66
1,200 posts
 
Craig,

Good for you and I hope the Nord works out for you.

I can see your dilemma with the size of your room overall,we moved 3 yrs ago to a smaller house,our old big house had a 30x40x20 foot living room and we also had a 20x25x9 music room were my wife claimed I spent way to much time,LOL.

I'm curious if you had to pay any extra import or duty fees.

Have you read the long thread on another website about the Nords,
I can't recall which one it is.

That is one quality that many different users with different equipment and room size have in common,Is the DI's can deliver the goods in music low volumes to high volumes and still retain their excellent sound characteristics,not many speakers that I have heard or owned in my 31yrs in this hobby can pull that on off.

Best of luck to you and keep us informed,

Kenny.
kdude66
1,200 posts
 
Craig,

Reviewers talk uniformly about how good the bass response is with Class D and we shall see. Am able to make adjustments with Apqualizr.

I don't think you will need any adjustments in the bass department,
The Nord will deliver the deepest,tightest,most controlled bass of any other Class d amp that I have heard.Can be a touch dry depending on what you pair with them in the rest of your system and or what kinda bass that a person may be used to with other equipment.

Kenny.
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jcarcopo
504 posts
 
I recently did an install for a guy using the Nords. They are pretty impressive sounding SS Class D amps for the money. Very detailed and very controlled bass. He opted for the warmer richer sounding sparkos op-amps for his One-Up SE monoblocks, but IMHO I wouldn't call the sound warm at all when compared to valves, but maybe compared to the Sonic Imagery op-amps they might be. I have no frame of reference. In hindsight,  I maybe should have recommended the Benchmark AHB2 amp as a slightly better, but more expensive option, but the guy is 76 with hearing aids and his wife was nonplussed about the nuances of audiophilia. He did tell me his wife and daughter’s family visited from out of town and they had a blast until 2am listening to the amplifiers and the Klipsch RF-7IIS I had sold him after I received my DI’s.

+10 pts for working into the conversation a brief mentioning of the DIs in an otherwise irrelevant digressive post.

Lol
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
Hi Kenny,
Thanks for your very insightful comments. You certainly have  much direct listening experience with quite a lot of high quality components and speakers. Your impression of the Magico sound concur with mine. Impressive in the Hifi realm but for me they just lack expressing the emotion, communication and humanity inherent in good music.IMO there isn’t soul or breath of life presentation which I find mandatory. for music listening. I do acknowledge that some consider Magico the pinnacle of speaker design. To each their own.
Charles
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