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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
 
Welcome milpai

Is this thread not suspicious anymore?

Yesterday you posted: " I have not heard the Tektons, but that huge thread and the same people recommending the speakers over and over again is making me suspicious."
lpretiring
473 posts
 
Milpai,

I ordered the Electrons yesterday, so I feel it will be about 3 weeks before they arrive. In talking to Eric about my desire to use a 3.5 watt 2A3 SET he said it would be no problem, but I forgot to mention the no gain Truth I use. He is very busy and it was hard for me to remember everything I wanted to tell him when pressed for time.
Today I will talking to Triode Labs about possibly building an amp for me, and he mentioned a really good pre-amp with gain would be a better match for my set up.
I only listen to redbook c.d. with a Musical Fidelity A-5

     LP
lpretiring
473 posts
 
Milpai,

To clarify here is the quote from his e mail today.

"The Truth-it will be alright, my 2A3 will provide most of its gain and drive...the Truth will only be work as a volume control in the most neutral/accurate way, because its a passive design and does not +/- to the sound. It is better than most active circuited pre-amp-again, most are mid fi stuff only....and there is rarely a real high end tube preamp out there on the market we seen. But with a good tube preamp-you will get more power, and juice out more info/details-everything/every aspect will be better...."

I took it to mean that because of the low power of the amp and no gain of the Truth that it's just not going to be as good a combo as I envisioned.
Maybe I should be looking for a more powerful tube amp to get the most from the Electrons?

    LP
porscheracer
132 posts
 
Schiit Audio Freya is a nice tube preamp with gain. It also has a passive mode and a JFET mode. Check it out. I love mine.
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lmswjm
62 posts
 
I believe the Electrons are slightly less sensitive than the DI's. Not sure if that will be of significance or not. I personally would go with the LTA MZ2-S, which is probably the most popularly satisfying preamp on this thread. Especially if I had a 2A3 amp in mind. I believe that teajay favored this particular combo over all others that he tried.
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