Tekton Double Impacts

@klh007 

always fun, engaging, wildly dynamic and live sounding

I fully agree.

In my case, they are not paired with Border Patrol gear. But the above remains consistent with your assessment of the Volti Audio Rivals and the descriptors you used.

The Double Impacts have greater transparency, clarity, and inner resolution / micro-detail.

Each portrays the energy in / of the music differently.

I'm listening to Elliot Smith's "Hamburgers" from the 'Heaven Adores You Soundtrack' album as I type and the drum work sounds terrific.

It's very early in listening time. I will report back in a few days.

@porscheracer,  did you get the new woofers from Eric? How were issues of  the dented cones resolved?

@wschee,

I decided to not replace the woofers.

After talking with Karma it was decided that I would let the speakers go for a week to see if the indentations went away. After a week, the indentations didn't go completely away but were hardly noticeable unless you looked close. 

When Karma called back a week later, just as she said she would, I told her that I was comfortable with them they way they were.

The speakers sound wonderful and I didn't really want to risk changing that sound.  Plus, I really don't see myself selling the speakers any time soon.

I am a satisfied customer.

I guess we all know by now ,maybe not ,that 
Walter Becker of Steely Dan died at age 67 on Sunday Sept 4th.
I told my wife that i  wanted to see them this next year .. before I DIE !
I never thought about one of them dying .
Of course I MUST mention that all of the Steely Dan and  Water Becker songs  are great on the Double Impacts . Try out some songs from  Two Against Nature ; Everything Must Go; Gaucho;
And Donald Fagen's "Morph The Cat" and "Sunken Condos" albums.
Also try some Bela Fleck and the Flektones on the Double Impact. especially songs from the   UFO Tofu;  Three Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest; Little Worlds;and  Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo albums.
Try also any of the Mushroom Jazz albums and the Verve Re-mix albums .....Great Stuff..

I could go on and on of course , but please try these and give us  your impressions,especially  if something stands out.

Good to hear porscheracer. They really are amazing speakers and it's good to see you're enjoying them. 

Had the pleasure of hearing Charles' system today. His Coincident system including their Line Stage, Frankenstein 300B mono blocks and Coincident speakers ( I forget their name) is the closest to real, live music I've heard in a system. I'm not surprised as his Frankensteins in my system took my sound to a level I've not heard before. After trying my MZ2 in his system ( more on that in a bit) I can confidently say the DI's are not the weak link in my system. Adding the Coincident Line Stage and Frankensteins to my system would give me a sound I could be very happy with for a very long time. I'm going to experiment with a 2A3 SET for now but the Coincident sound has set a high bar for me. 

Comparing the MZ2 to the Coincident Line Stage was quite a dramatic contrast. The MZ2 is very good as a preamp and I'm even enjoying it as an integrated amp currently but in Charles' system it sounded lifeless compared to his Line Stage. Comparatively it lacked in dynamics and fullness. Charles would be better able to describe the sound difference. Not a knock against the MZ2, the Line Stage just sounded that much better yet. Maybe the synergy between the Line Stage and Frank's is part of it. I do know that the combination of the two is magical. 

Thanks to Charles for sharing his system with me. I've learned much from him and one of the lessons learned is that the DI's will reflect whatever is placed upstream of them with a transparency that is impressive.