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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
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
Kenny, my post wasn't and isn't about suggestions for DACs. Your PS Audio Direct Stream with the Huron update is widely praised and recognized; and I think there are others on this thread that are also very happy with theirs, as you are.

I'm in no way suggesting that we should be unhappy with what we currently have.

I'm just surprised that the front ends appear to be static or status quo for most of us. This strikes me as odd when we (MYSELF included) are working on replacing preamps and amps. 

And this is in spite of a truly remarkable whole lot of 'whole lot of' going on in the digital arena.
kdude66
1,200 posts
 
David,

I see this same thing as front end being static or status quo for a few years now.Certainly not just this thread but many other ones,on other websites other than audiogon and also at audio dealers to.

Your observation has merit and is directed to the overall systems synergy which is the bottom line.

I can't really answer your question directly but maybe someone else here will have a different enlightening answer.

Kenny.

craigl59
307 posts
 

David_Ten:

It occurs to me that there is a major revolution taking place with the Lyngdorf 2170. This approach removes the necessity of a DAC and a Preamp and maintains the digital stream intact until the final amplified signal is converted to analogue right before the speaker terminals.

Lyngdorf solved the volume control issue by having it control the power supply and that control the power output.

So, as a continuation of the computer-centric approach I suggested above, this means that all signal control and processing takes place in the virtual realm.

At my other place I have a 5-channel system with a computer right next to an Emotiva XMC-1 -- which is also a Linux computer. Why all the computers?

One is enough. It can hold the music files, control all of the signal processing, then convert the digital signal by class D to speaker terminals . Only one box is needed and a completely open-ended design exists as regards apps and future file formats/changes.

Would have gotten the Lyngdorf rather than a Nord amplifier but needed more power and was not convinced the file formats currently supported by the 2170 will be sufficient in the future.

vitop
221 posts
 
Craig:
I had never heard of Lyngdorf. They have some really interesting technology. Glad you shared that.
kdude66
1,200 posts
 
There is a longtime audiogon member named "grannyring"and he has a lyngdorf tdai-2170 and really likes it.

He has spoke some about it in this thread several pages back.
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