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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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charles1dad
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Hi Grey9hound, obviously you have a fantastic speaker and amplifier match for your needs, congratulations. An amplifier shoot-out I would love to hear driving the Double Impacts based on feedback on this thread.
Rogue Audio ST 100.
Line Magnetic 508ia.
Aric Audio KT 88.
Coincident Frankenstein MK II (based on my recent listening encounter) .
This would be quite the listening experience in my opinion.
Charles
porscheracer
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@grey9hound 

What preamp are you using with the ST 100? I am thinking about picking up an ST 100 to compare to my Pioneer M-22. If I have a tube amp, I wonder if a tube preamp is really necessary.
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grannyring
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@grey9hound 

I live in Franklin, TN and want the same opportunity! Want to split the cost on a new pair with each of us listening for a month? We can decide who keeps this pair and the other can decide if they want to buy a set after auditioning. 

Just kidding, but I wish we had a TN owner.  
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mac48025
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Grannyring, i think you might have misread grey9hounds post......or maybe I did. He already has the DI's and is extending an invitation for others in Tennessee to hear them, if I have it right. Nice gesture grey9hound. 
grey9hound
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So, just to confirm ,I live in Knoxville, TN
I own the DIs and the Rogue Audio St-100 and I invite anyone who wants to come by,to stop and have a listen.
Come on over Grannyring 

@ porscheracer
I am using a McIntosh MX151 Pre-amp.It comes with the Lyndorg Room Correction software.McIntosh calls it "RoomPerfect".
It is Fantastic.

Cables used are Mostly Purist Audio design.
I am using a pc with JRiver Media Center.
I was using a usb to spdif converter It was USB (Purist AudioUltimate USB cable )out of the PC to the Musical Fidelity V-link2 (usb to spdif converter).Then the (Purist Dominus Digital) from there to the input on the MX151.
I am now using HDMI out of the PC to the input of the Mx151.
here is where i have a cheap hdmi ,and i am looking to get a new HDMI.
Possibly the Purist Audio HDMI, The VooDoo Silverstream High-Speed HDMI 1.4e ,or the Wireworld Silver Starlight HDMI.
Out of the MX151 to the St-100 amp is a Pair of Purist Audio Dominus Fluid XLR Interconnects.I have one each of the purist Audio Design Fluid Power Cable on the Mx151 and on the Rogue Audio St-100.
I was using the Purist Dominus Fluid Speaker cables, but i sold them for $3000 and bought the Tekton Double Impacts with the upgraded cap and coil, and cardas binding posts .
Right now i am using the Voodoo Audio Reference speaker cables ,but
I also have a pair of Sonoran Desert Plateau speaker cables .
these are made by Star Sound technologies.
They also make the Sistrum Apprentice stands you guys have been talking about.
A friend of mine uses the real big ones under his 12 inch Tannoys driven by a pair of MC30 Mac amps.
The purist cables for sale is the Purist Audio Design Dominus Luminist Revision Digital RCA 1.5 meter
Also the Purist Audio Design Ultimate USB Luminist revison 1 meter
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