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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
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mac48025
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Porscheracer,

your Schiit/Tekton DI would indeed make a very formidable budget system. I owned the Yggy for two years and still consider it one of the best DACs I've owned. Another formidable budget system would be Linear Tube Audio with the DI's. I'm using their $1800 preamp/headphone amp to drive the DI's and its one watt of pure class A drives them beautifully into the mid 90 db range. For concert level rock or classical it won't suffice, but LTA is coming out with their new ZOTL 10 with an upgraded power supply soon for $3000 and that would be plenty of power for the DI's. Just thought I'd throw a tube option your way. It's great having companies like Tekton, Schiit, LTA and others that are passionate about building quality audio products at prices the common man can afford. 
craigl59
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grannyring:

Do you use an upgraded power cable to your 2170? Have been told this makes a genuine improvement with Class D amps and am getting a Nord in a week or so. Will not, btw, be buying a $3k power cord...

As your post suggests, I am very, very tired of cable connections. Have 15 large boxes of cables in the garage (neatly categorized, LOL) and still have to get an additional premium cable every time a new component arrives.

Did you decide on the HDMI or USB connection from your server to the Langdorf? Found with the Emotiva XMC-1 that the HDMI connection to the computer was significantly more linear than the USB one. But this might be the results of the XMC-1's architecture.

Enjoyed your noise comments -- thanks.

porscheracer
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@david_ten 

I've had my Yggdrasil since late February and Freya since mid May. I have a real nice selection of 6SN7 tubes for Freya. The only new components will be the two Vidar amps. I use Pangea XLR interconnects to connect everything and Mogami 3103 speaker cable.

Currently, I am using my MacBook Pro as an audio source. USB sucks so I use a Singxer F-1 DDC to feed the Yggdrasil via S/PDIF coax. The sound improvement is quite noticeable.  Soon I will be getting Ethernet->AES/EBU Roon endpoint which will cut out USB altogether.

@mac48025

I have a heard time believing that 10 watts, much less 1 watt, is enough to properly drive the Double Impact speakers. Plus, I have no desire to spend $3K or more on a stereo amp with just 10 watts.

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mac48025
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I had a hard time believing 1 watt could properly drive the DI's but I took Terry Londons advice and gave it a try. It's been a VERY pleasant surprise. I was very skeptical before trying it yet it sounds much better than my 220 watt SS Monoblocks or 25 watt PP tube amp. Reaching mid 90 db without any discernible distortion with one good watt is quite amazing to me. I too used to think one needs to get more wattage to justify higher cost, but like many here I've been shown that with HE speakers like the DI's, very few quality watts are needed to provide beautiful music. 
david_ten
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@porscheracer I’ll have to reach out to you regarding the Singxer. I invested in USB early, so I’ve stayed with it but I think it’s time to try some of the other (and likely superior) options. Not sure where you stand on the ’cable thing’ but I’ve had good results squeezing more out of the Yggy. Next step is isolation.

What are you looking at for the LAN to AES Endpoint?

Bottom line, with respect to the Double Impacts, as everyone has mentioned, you will be able to hear the changes you make.
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