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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
werther
6 posts
 
Hi teajay,
This is my first post but have been following this outstanding thread since the beginning. Your preference as a partner to both DI and Ulfs so far have been the MicroZOTL pre amp and Triode 2a3 SET. Given the high praise you gave to the Aric Audio amp, would this make you change your mind about what would be best? Again, thanks for the excellent posts and tremendous reviews! 
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mapman
22,178 posts
 
I'm wondering how many Tekton folks here are preferring them with tube amps and how many prefer them to other speakers with a beefier SS maybe even Class D amp?
teajay
1,691 posts
 
Hey Werther,

That's a great question.  Without copping out here's my answer.  Either amp driven by the Micro-ZOTL on both speakers are superlative in their performance across the sonic spectrum ( Timbres/color, micro-details, sweet extended highs, 3D imaging, great sound-staging, and excellent bottom end performance).

The Triode Lab SET 2A3 is slightly more 'Colorful" with a smidge more of the "meat on the bones" imaging, the AricAudio SET KT-88 is faster, offers greater space around and between players, but overall is still as smooth as melting butter.

This would totally boil down to personal taste, not an objective measure.  

 


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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
Hi Teajay,
You are clearly happy with the Triode Labs 2A3 SET and the Aric KT 88 SEP amplifiers.  How do your Pass Labs XA 60.8 mono blocks sound driving the Ulfberths compared to these two?
Charles
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@mapman  There have been a significant number of posts on the Double Impacts paired with tubed amps in this thread, but my guess is that there is a somewhat-silent solid state majority.

I've used Class A, A/B, and D solid state amps with the Double Impacts.

Having more power with the specific amps has certainly been nice and the extra power certainly brings something to the table.

As for a preference between tubes and solid state, in my case, I'll probably fall in the agnostic camp with both being very enjoyable and satisfying for me. I am exploring tube amplification options but haven't finalized on a choice.
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