Tekton Speakers,Who owns them and what did you replace and why.

david_ten,

Quite a interesting journey too the arrival of your Tekton speakers and I'm glad to read that you have settled in for now and hopefully for a extended period,Life happens to us all and there's no better feeling than being settled in.

You are the 3rd person that has told me they originally brought in the Di speaker for HT duty,only to be completely shocked of this speakers overall musicality right out of the box and certainly not optimized in placement and upstream pairings.

I wanted to include all current Tekton speakers because everyone isn't going to gravitate towards the DI's and I do believe there are other good candidates in the lineup.
Some folks may say that Eric of Tekton has way to many choices and maybe so,I'm not him and I'm not going to debate that.

I have owned probably more than my share of speakers in my journey of 36yrs in this hobby and I can say without any doubts I'm still highly impressed and satisfied with mine.

Enjoy that music,
Kenny.

I like many others have been trading speakers for a long time (40+ years). I decided to give the Pendragons a whirl. Well, they are still whirling. I have been enjoying them for well over a year now. It is difficult to compare these to all of the past performers I have owned. Apples to oranges really. All I know is I enjoy the heck out of my system these days. The DI's have peaked my interest but I am not sure if I really want to part w/ the Pendragons. We shall see I guess.

I was watching "Ask Paul" videos this morning where Paul McGowan takes questions from listeners and tries, as best he can, to respond to their queries.

One question asked how important driver material is to the resultant sound of a particular speaker design. I mention this on this thread because his response, in part, may explain why a speaker such as the Double Impact can sound as good as many of you attest that it does ( I have not had the pleasure as of yet to hear any Tektons!) As Tektons do not employ "exotic" driver materials yet reportedly yield very satisfying sound quality, I think Paul’s video posted here may be of interest to you. Paul has no dog in this "what makes a speaker high-end" debate as he is not a speaker designer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ILbjs37Dr8

I have been listening to Monitor Audio Gold GX300 for the last 5 years in my HT/ 2 channel basement. I liked the MA's although a bit more colored and bright than I would like, they had good bass and worked just fine in my HT. I paid $5500 new for these.

on a whim I ordered the Double Impacts knowing I could send them back. I look at the return shipping as a rental cost. I have been extremely impressed with the very natural presentation and as it's been said by others already that they are very musical. Not only am I now listening to more music than TV in this room but my listening sessions are longer and longer.

Heres the kicker, I have a very nice small room system upstairs, using a spare bedroom to optimize a dedicated 2 channel setup. My best, most expensive gear is in this room and now I spend more time in my basement with the DI's listening to music.

Lance

hifiman,

I appreciate the link to Paul's video and I found it to be very interesting.I know I love my DS dac best digital that I have had.

Maybe you will get a chance to listen to a pair of DI's or other Tekton speakers sometime.I don't know anybody in your state that has them and I live quite a distance from you.

I have posted several details and my opinions of this DI speaker on other threads that I don't want to repeat here for now but here is some other thoughts pertaining to this design and It's lack of exotic material drivers.

I tend to fall into the tribe that likes a more natural sounding speaker overall,and I don't like most modern "HiFI" speakers regardless of the cost.


1. In order to have a powerful, dynamic speaker you need to move a lot of air. The 22 drivers in these DIs do this with ease.
2. In order to recreate vocal and timbral accuracy, your speaker must move the air JUST RIGHT and stay within the sweet spot of movement.The principle of the DI, using low mass drivers to replicate harmonic and format (Vocal overtones) structures accomplishes this accurate air movement.

Kenny.