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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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sbayne
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@mazikrav - "Only a bottom feeder’s personal journey. It might be interesting to hear how others have reached the rarified air of electronics worthy of Tekton Design."

Actually, aside from the comments about the Dynaco 70, I think this thread shows you can use just about any amp with the Double Impacts and get respectful sound. For instance, I tried a cheap Chinese SET with my Impact Monitors and was very pleased with what I heard.

kdude66
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The LTA Zotl 40 is my opinion like a blank canvas in sound and most definitely can be voiced in several ways but Offcourse can only be taken so far and some folks may still a preference in a warmer,meatier midrange.

I use 1966 Mullard xf2's el34 with either rca 5751's or brimar 6060 in the 12ax7 input differential pair.I have found no difference in sound by changing the phase splitter 12au7's.

This combo gives me plenty of meat on the bones in the mids equal to like eating baby back ribs instead of the big fat spare ribs that I don't like as well.😋

I tried the gold lion kt77's but I didn't care for them at all and I have a new quad of the Sophia electric el-34's but I haven't tried them yet.

I mainly listen to my little consonance 2a3 set and I'm patiently waiting for my Aric audio custom 2a3 to be built.

The Zotl 40 just like my FW sit is going nowhere they are both that good and I consider them to be keepers.


Kenny.
david_ten
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@lpretiring  Thank you. Makes perfect sense and I understand now.
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cal3713
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Just wanted to thank Charles and Mac for running exactly the listening experiment I wanted to read about from my comments earlier in the thread.  Much appreciated... and a lovely thread all around.  Super informative.
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charles1dad
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Jetter,
You are right regarding the popularly of the Dyna ST 70 amplifiers, Yes modification can improve them up to a certain point, agreed. I didn’t have the difficulties with mine as Muzikrav experienced. My only point is that you can proceed "-far" beyond the scope of what the Dynaco has to offer . I believe that Kenny was making this same observation as well.

The Dyna ST 70 is very affordable and allows one to experiment with various upgrade projects and learn but IMO it has limitations compared to other options. I would say it does have a nice midrange but has obvious weaknesses in bass and upper frequencies, and other areas.

You can go further with better quality tube power amplifiers, much further. I would not use this amplifier as an adequate example when comparing the merits of what tubes provide sonically versus solid state amplifiers.
Charles
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