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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
 
@baranyi   and @teajay   Thanks for the additional information and commentary. Very helpful! 

Any thoughts regarding a parallel 2A3 (paired with the SE)? I believe Triode offers one and perhaps Aric is open to building one?
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@manati   I enjoyed reading your write-up on your new DIs. Thanks for sharing your system and your experience. Great remark regarding "The law of maximizing return"  
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garypennstate
34 posts
 
Don't have the DI's but just took delivery of their Enzo XL's. I'm still in the process of experimenting with different positioning, trying different feet...etc but I can say this from first hand experience, brand new and right out of the box they sound great and sound as good as other speakers I have heard costing 10X as much. I imagine they are only going to get better with age and proper adjustments. Paid less than $2000 for them so I'm sure there are audiophiles out there who won't even consider them because something that cheap can't possibly be good. I had a budget of $15,000 for new speakers but decided to give these a chance because I couldn't ignore the number of rave reviews all over the internet. The remaining $13000 I still have is still in my bank account and not someone else's.
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
Hi Premnath,
Congratulations on getting the Double Impact SE and I believe that they will mate in  excellent fashion with your amplifier. No regrets in my opinion.

Hi Walter,
Your Line Magnetic 508ia with the SE versions? I honestly believe this would be an extraordinary pairing, no doubt whatsoever 😊
Charles
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mac48025
672 posts
 
Congrats premnath. Like you I value the opinions of teajay, Mike and Charles and it's led to some great purchases on my part, with the DI SE's being the latest and I'm anxiously awaiting their arrival. The DI's are the best soundings speaker I've owned to date and I look forward to hearing the SE's in my system. 

David, I believe Aric is up for building just about any tube amp you might want and more importantly he's capable of doing so. I absolutely love his Transcend KT 120 but just might have him build me a 2A3 SET for something different.


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