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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
porscheracer
132 posts
 
I think I want a more conventional 2 channel preamp. I'll keep looking!
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grannyring
6,506 posts
 
@grey9hound

Sorry, I knew you owned the DIs and had a brain fart. Read too fast. I would love to stop by and listen. I will contact you through Agon so we can determine a best day and time.  Thank you so much!

Bill
grey9hound
1,112 posts
 
I understand that completely , but my (MX151) doubles for 2 channel and Home Theater. Please don’t think that because it is a Pre/pro it is lacking as to compared to a 2 channel pre-amp ,because it is not. At a cost of 12,500 when new , it had better be good , and... it is.
I had just talked to Chuck @ McIntosh Labs Friday. I had a called him to see which of the 2 channel pres might have a better DAC than the MX151, and out of all of them , he said that there was only one , and I cannot remember if it was the C2600 or the C52.
That was only 1 out of all of them that Chuck Hinton ,thought was better, plus you get Lyngdorf room correction .
Grannyring can tell you all about Lyngdorf and how well it works.
evolvist
167 posts
 
@david_ten

@evovist Any updates on your Mini being shipped?

I haven’t a friggin’ clue, man. This week marks the 6th week since I ordered, the 4th week after I was told they would be ready, and also 4 weeks after it was said that the mini-Ulfs would be on the Tekton website.

So, what’s the over/under that these will take a total of 3 months to get to me? Haha!
porscheracer
132 posts
 
@grey9hound 

I don't need the preamp to have a DAC, either. I want a 2 channel preamp that is only a 2 channel preamp.

I've been listening to my Pioneer M-22 amp all night. I have been playing different renditions of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" and some classic rock. I have to say that the M-22 and the speakers work extremely well together. I can't imagine an amp that would sound better. The depth and fullness of the sound is so musical yet there is great clarity and detail. The soundstage extends beyond the speakers. Today proved to me that the DI's are fantastic speakers. I've never heard anything like what I am hearing in my listening room.
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