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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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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.
porscheracer
132 posts
 
@david_ten 

The best setup I found to feeding Yggy via USB was using a UpTone Audio ISO Regen/USPCB/LPS 1 combo going to the Singxer F-1 then to Yggy using a 1.5m coax OFC cable. That sounded fantastic.

The LAN to AES solution should be announced in the next couple of weeks. I can't talk about it much yet but the price is VERY reasonable!

I can't wait to get the speakers and the amps!! Otherwise I am ready to go!
david_ten
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@craigl59 and @bullitt5094

How’s JRiver in terms of a learning curve? Do you recommend it over Roon?
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