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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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grannyring
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There is no hype on the Lyngdorf. None. Near nobody talks about it. I mention it here and there, as a voice in the wilderness, in a fair and complete manner. What I hype I can assure all is good, no great. Been there, done that with more gear and combos than most over the years and have context for my statements. Even I don’t hype it, but I do point it out as a real alternative based on its real bleeding edge technology.

Even if a piece of gear is objectively great it does not follow that everyone will love it.  That is one reason we see so much used gear for sale including Lyngdorf, Coincident, Berning, Atmasphere, and all others. 
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mac48025
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Congrats David. I'm VERY interested in the Double Impact SE's. Looking forward to hearing your impressions of them and what brand of drivers is in them. 

I believe the PMD line includes high gloss paint? If so, the options are limitless. I have the Mercedes Diamond Black which has a bit of metal flake that is nice but needs bright lighting to see it. Whenever I get the SE's I'll try getting them in BMW Phoenix Green, a bright metallic M3 color. Not for the faint of heart! The gloss Porsche Gray is very classy looking.....or the BMW Mineral Gray. Whatever color you decide upon I bet they'll sound great. 
david_ten
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@charles1dad   Charles, I do not have the specifics. All internals are upgraded (wire, caps, etc.) and he is using different drivers. The cabinet is deeper. I didn't ask since my knowing (at least at this point) wasn't critical to the decision.

I believe Terry @teajay  may know. I'm not sure about this but I believe they are not Scanspeak but another European brand.
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mac48025
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Mike from Audio Archon should be receiving a pair of SE's very soon, if he already hasn't, for a customer. So hopefully he can answer some of the questions regarding the specific components used. I didn't realize the cabinet is deeper......cool. Looks like Eric didn't limit himself at all in designing the SE as it would have been real easy to keep it the same size as the standard DI. 
vitop
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David -
That is interesting. As Eric (and others) say, there is no replacement for displacement -- which is why I can't wait to see how he solves that on the mini-ulfs. I am curious though... With the price of the SE only a short stones throw from the mini-ulf, I am curious as to why you chose the DI SE over the mini-ulf. As you know, I went with the mini, so I'm curious as to what criteria you used. Not sure if you are up for the extra wait, but since he did a Ferrari color for me, there is a gloss griggio (grey) color that I saw that I really liked. Not sure if you will or not, but I thought it was really nice. Congrats!!!
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