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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
grey9hound
1,112 posts
 
I just want to say that I do not think the DIs or McIntosh or Purist Audio is forward sounding.I think there is more of an immediacy, live , in the room with you ,sound from the DIs and the Rogue St-100
When i was using the Purist usb and purist digital, with  the Mcintosh, I thought that the sound was a little  too distant.
Although once I changed to the HDMI, things did sound more forward.
I think it has to do with the cheap HDMI i am using.
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I was probably turning it up too loud for Bill, as he was in the Sweet spot and i was not. I think that also may have contributed to his feeling of a forward sound.
teajay
1,691 posts
 
Hey grey9hound,

I heard your MX151 in the context of total McIntosh system driving Sonus Faber speakers in a well set up room.  To be frank, I'm not a fan of McIntosh gear and find their tube amps kinda grainy and not very refined sounding.  Therefore, I did not hear your piece in isolation, but as a part of this total system.

Musicality to me is a very subjective term trying to convey that the overall timbres/colors, the 3D imaging of real instruments in space, and lastly that you can relax and emotionally relate to the music as it flows into your room is present when listening to a system.  I do not get this experience with McIntosh preamps/amps, regardless of what speakers I have heard their gear with.


grey9hound
1,112 posts
 
Wow , a Mcintosh  hater. I understand now .

david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@grey9hound   Thank you for the specifics. It's good to understand the front ends of our systems. I'm working on some changes and knowing what's being used and the resulting impressions is helpful. 

It's also terrific that you opened up your home and system to Bill.
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
Dennis, I hope you meant the above mostly in jest....

I know it's difficult to work through the words and the back and forth in these forums. I don't believe Terry means anything negative, if you interpret it as such...I see it as sharing a perspective and where he's coming from ---- just as you are with a system you love and enjoy. 

In fact, when things get direct and are put in stark relief as happens from time to time...I find the posts during those periods most informative.

I'm a fan of the ST100 and would love to hear your system as much as I would like to hear Terry's in person.
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