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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
brotw
103 posts
 
I have a non dsd dac and have not tried dsd. There can be streaming issues with Dirac due to the convolution time delays. I have to rip to mkv to avoid pops and set a large buffer in jriver.

Dirac may be a 90% soln as I still have to disable it for games and non roon\tidal streaming. HQplayer may output native dsd to Dirac. Thats how i run roon
evolvist
167 posts
 
Yeah, Dirac Live does not do DSD. It maxes out at 24/96 I believe. 
brotw
103 posts
 
Looks like you can getter done through HQplayer via down sampling to 24/192 pcm (dirac filters up to 24/192)
http://www.signalyst.com/consumer.html 
but I digress, now back to the double impacts? 
evolvist
167 posts
 
I know this question has at least been partially touched upon, but I wonder if there is a consensus, to wit, how far is optimal placement of the DIs from the front wall? 

I generally have no more than 2ft or so from the front wall to work with, and roughly 2ft from the side walls if I'm to keep about 6.5ft between the speakers. 

My good friend Bullitt's DI were less than a foot from the front wall it seemed, yet I didn't hear anything too amiss in his setup. In fact, I emailed him today and told him I was jonesing to hear them again. Haha. Maybe with his new Schitt DAC he'll be getting in this week. 

But yeah, what is your experience with placement? 
danoroo
239 posts
 
@evolvist

 Bullitt's inbox must be full.  I asked him if I could come by to listen too!  I think he said his DAC came already and he was burning it in.  I also remember him saying his DIs were going back in favor of DI Special Editions, so if your going to hear his DIs again, you better hurry.
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