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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
kdude66
1,200 posts
 
schw06,

"I finally read a Nelson Pass article about distortion and found out that it's about an even split between people that prefer 3rd order harmonic distortion to 2nd order....Clearly my ears prefer the 3rd harmonic and that truly helped me make decisions about speaker choices and amplification. It was liberating to know that there wasn't something wrong with me for not loving SET"

Here is a link to the article from Nelson Pass that David is referring to in his previous post on this same page above.

http://www.firstwatt.com/pdf/art_dist_fdbk.pdf

It's a long read but just like any of Nelson's other articles,
It's very well explained and makes perfect sense.IMO.

Kenny.

aniwolfe
761 posts
 
@ lpretiring

Same as you, I don't want them unless they are 100% completely ready. I will await your update. Thanks
mazikrav
52 posts
 
Thank you, Kenny, for reposting this  article by Nelson Pass. I read it a few years ago and didn't understand it then. I still don't understand it, but I misunderstand it less now than then. Like you, it helps explain why I like the sound I do from my F-3's feeding my Brilliance for opera and chamber music with some symphonies thrown in.

Regardless, Eric's speaker are sooo  revealing. I'm still tweeking minor speaker positioning. I still wish someone would tell me if I would benefit by moving higher up the food chain either in First Watt or Pass amps? Even though Reno Hi-Fi is generous in their return policy and trade ups, it still is a heavy lift for a retiree on a fixed income. But, for the sake of undistorted 3rd order sound...no pain, no gain (pun intended).  Others on this lively thread are welcome to chime in.....But please don't try to convert me to tubes.  I tried a modified Dyna-kit st-70 years ago and ...don't get me going. A real pain in the tochos for mushy sound.  Excuse this ramble. It's late in Utah.
mazikrav
52 posts
 
"Schwo6", I'm looking for your post, but got lost in the dialogues about tubes or paint......Join in, if you wish.
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mac48025
672 posts
 
Thanks teajay, any info would be appreciated. They sound like wonderful tubes. I believe Kenny is correct in that they are not Shuguang tubes but are Golden Dragon Retro KT 88's that are replicas of the GEC. Thanks for the info Kenny.

Ill find out soon enough as I orders a matched quad of the Golden Dragon Retro KT 88's. The bay has them at a reasonable price, which I'm a bit leery seeing as they are twice the price at another shop in the US and at another in England. Hopefully I'm getting the real deal. 

Corelli, you tease! Share your tubes with us......that sounded so wrong :)
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