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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
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@hfaddict Welcome to the thread and thanks for your wonderful post.

I’m not sure what your personal definition and expectations around bass quality etc "are" so this may or may not work for you: -

- Isolate the speakers...something above and beyond just using the spikes. I use Herbie’s Footers. There are a number of other options and, if interested, I can list more.

- Raise your speakers. If they are on the stock spikes, try inserting a platform / shelf / something diy; then position with the spikes-in to see if you get better results. This is an easy test. If they do you can look at something more specific acoustically and aesthetically.

Good luck.
greg22lz
182 posts
 
Et al,
I just have to add that the DI's are so detailed that sometimes when I hear some musical aspect, a drum hit, or low background voices, tin startles me. It sounds like it is coming from outside the room. I look around and realize it is coming from the speakers. TOO real!
Greg
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mac48025
672 posts
 
Greg, glad I'm not alone in looking around the room wondering where a sound came from.
evolvist
167 posts
 
Hey Greg, yeah, man, I'm amazed with these DIs, and I haven't even got my room treatment in yet. These have tripped me out so far. 

Last night I did some critical listening for the first time. Granted, I have a long way to go with my recently gutted dedicated room, but damn, this is what it's all about. I might just skip the whole upgrading to the mini-Ulfs, and roll with these DIs. 

Piano sounded real. Like right there in the room "real." Tom Petty started singing and I swear his ghost was right there with me. Now, I was a little lit, but I listened to the same tracks today and they sounded the same...

...and to me, when a speaker can reproduce the lower-mids, even under sub-optimal conditions, that's a sign of some beautiful speakers. 
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hfaddict
97 posts
 
@mac48025 Thanks for the input.  Much appreciated.
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