I have used the 2.7s with and without subs and have come to the conclusion in my smallish room they are not needed.
I have the speakers positioned on a long wall with about 2' between the wall and the front baffle in a 16 x 12 room that opens to other rooms on both ends. The listening positions on the opposite wall are also pulled out into the room about 2'. I haven't tried them closer to the wall because the right speaker sits in the alcove entering another room and I didn't want the unbalanced wall reflections. I have pulled them farther out into the room though and the imaging is excellent either way. The speakers are positioned about 7.5' apart and toed in so they are facing the sweet spot. Even though the bass is good I'm thinking about buying a couple of Rythmik F12G subs, not because I really need them but because I am an audio junkie. The subs I have now are an HSU ULS 15 and two 10" Dayton DIY sealed kits, none of which are state of the art. The Enzo 2.7s will flat out rock! You can't make them distort no matter how loud you play them. Your ears will give up long before these speakers will. AC/DC has a 1978 live album called "If You Want Blood You've Got It". I bought this CD many years ago and have listened to it more times in the past two weeks than the previous 10 years. It sounds great over the 2.7s as does almost all my music collection. The front end of my rig is modest equipment consisting of a PC I built specifically for playing audio files.
This feeds into an ifi micro iDAC2 which is connected to an Emotiva
XSP-1 preamp which is connected to the power amp section of a Harman
Kardon HK990 solid state amplifier rated at 150W per channel into 8ohms /
300W per channel @ 4ohms.
I use JRiver MC as my player and Dirac Live room correction suite to clean everything up. I have also thought about getting a modestly priced tube preamp (under $1200) to try in front of the HK990, but I know nothing about tube gear so I have refrained. Anyway, I am happy with what I have.....at least for now.
Tekton Impact Monitors
Hi All,
I'm relatively new to Audiogon but have trolled the discussions for a few months. I have been listening to Spendor LS3/5As driven by a Quad 34/306 combination since the late 1980's and decided that it was finally time to upgrade my speakers. I love the Spendors but they are very limited in dynamics and scale. I auditioned the SVS Ultra Bookshelf speakers and while they brought some additional scale they simply didn't have the sweet midrange that I can't live without. I listened to some open baffle speakers (Emerald Physics) and loved them, but their size and need for space worried me, and I found them less satisfying at moderate and low volumes, where I do a fair bit of listening. I was fascinated by all the discussion regarding Tekton speakers and was considering getting a pair of Enzo 2.7s, but after a short discussion with Eric I followed his recommendation of the Impact Monitor with upgrade. They have the 7 tweeter array and a pair of 6.5" woofers and are rear-ported. I use a pair of SVS subs (the sealed variety). The Impact Monitors are simply amazing. The midrange is oh-so-sweet (very similar to my Spendors, but with more air) and the detail, even at low and moderate listening levels, is superb. The imaging is even better than my Spendors managed and the scale is huge and is much more music-appropriate. My system is really quite modest but now when I walk into my listening room (doubles as our living room - thankfully my wife appreciates Hi-Fi) I get the audio-show feeling of "being there". I have a Denon DP59L turntable with a DL110 HO moving coil cartridge running through an Emotiva XPS-1 phono preamp and the Tektons are absolutely incredible with classic rock on vinyl. I'm not sure how Eric managed it, but these speakers are superb, even with my 30 year old Quad electronics. I believe they are basically the top 24" of the Double Impacts, but are rear-ported rather than front ported. I can heartily recommend them and Eric and his team are great to work with. I'm not sure how many other Impact Monitors are out there since the pair I have are S/N 0005 and 0006!
I'm relatively new to Audiogon but have trolled the discussions for a few months. I have been listening to Spendor LS3/5As driven by a Quad 34/306 combination since the late 1980's and decided that it was finally time to upgrade my speakers. I love the Spendors but they are very limited in dynamics and scale. I auditioned the SVS Ultra Bookshelf speakers and while they brought some additional scale they simply didn't have the sweet midrange that I can't live without. I listened to some open baffle speakers (Emerald Physics) and loved them, but their size and need for space worried me, and I found them less satisfying at moderate and low volumes, where I do a fair bit of listening. I was fascinated by all the discussion regarding Tekton speakers and was considering getting a pair of Enzo 2.7s, but after a short discussion with Eric I followed his recommendation of the Impact Monitor with upgrade. They have the 7 tweeter array and a pair of 6.5" woofers and are rear-ported. I use a pair of SVS subs (the sealed variety). The Impact Monitors are simply amazing. The midrange is oh-so-sweet (very similar to my Spendors, but with more air) and the detail, even at low and moderate listening levels, is superb. The imaging is even better than my Spendors managed and the scale is huge and is much more music-appropriate. My system is really quite modest but now when I walk into my listening room (doubles as our living room - thankfully my wife appreciates Hi-Fi) I get the audio-show feeling of "being there". I have a Denon DP59L turntable with a DL110 HO moving coil cartridge running through an Emotiva XPS-1 phono preamp and the Tektons are absolutely incredible with classic rock on vinyl. I'm not sure how Eric managed it, but these speakers are superb, even with my 30 year old Quad electronics. I believe they are basically the top 24" of the Double Impacts, but are rear-ported rather than front ported. I can heartily recommend them and Eric and his team are great to work with. I'm not sure how many other Impact Monitors are out there since the pair I have are S/N 0005 and 0006!
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Thought I'd pass along this assessment of the Impact Monitors found on the Audiomatters blog: "The monitors delivered.....tremendous body and detail, and provide stiff opposition to many other monitors at the $2k price point. I could easily see a great music system being built around them." http://audiomatters.blogspot.com/2017/10/rmaf-2017-part-ii.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium... |
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