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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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Lance,

Still just using the MZ2 to drive the DI's or have you moved the ZOTL 40 into that system? While the ZOTL 40 would be overkill with the DI's I'd be interested if you find the DI's sound better with only the MZ2 as teajay did. As you know I'm loving the DI/MZ2 combination and am only considering adding a 2A3 SET amp to add more texture and SET tube magic, not for more power as the MZ2 is amazingly dynamic with terrific bass. It boggles the mind that a mere one watt can produce such glorious sound. Hallelujah!
porscheracer
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Just because 1 watts seems to work doesn't mean it is "best". I don't see how you can say that 51 watts is overkill. From a physics standpoint, this makes no sense.
craigl59
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There's another way to look at power and the DIs. Eric specifies the power handling of the speakers at 400 watts. That's what I use to judge how large an amplifier is required.
lancelock
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@porscheracer - I agree now that I'm listening to another amp and have a decent amount of headroom.

@mac48025 - I will try out the ZOTL40 next.
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mac48025
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Agreed, overkill wasn't the right word to use, but 40 watts certainly isn't necessary with the DI's......that doesn't mean having more wattage is a bad thing either. The ZOTL 10 would be plenty for the DI's, yet Terry London prefers using the MZ2 alone over the MZ2/ZOTL 40 combination and prefers the MZ2 with the Triode Lab 2A3 SET amp the most. Until living with one watt driving the DI's I would have never believed it would suffice let alone outperform the 220 watt SS monoblocks I was using before going to tubes. While the big amps were certainly louder, more dynamic and sounded very good, to my ears they didn't come close to the musicality and realism of the MZ2......especially with good NOS tubes.

Youre right Craig, Eric prefers large SS amps with his speakers. I believe he recommended Bryston to me. I don't dislike SS amps, I especially like the dynamic slam they can provide, but over the years I've gone from the likes of the ARC D400, Levinson 333 and Odyssey Kismet Monoblocks to small tube amps. Eventually I'll have an SS system for HT and rocking out to in addition to my DI/tube system. 
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