Tekton Double Impacts

Thanks for everyone’s opinion. They are all valid in the mind of each poster. Really that is all that counts. There really isn’t such thing as right and wrong because we all hear differently. We all have our preferences and that makes the world a more interesting place. I have a lot of respect for many of the posters here. As I said before, Teajay and Mike Kaye are great friends. On the other hand, I have been reading Grannyring’s posts for years and always respected his opinion. I always liked the AZ crescendo speakers at shows also. I am wondering if Grannyring modified that speaker also because I have been told that the designer also uses inexpensive parts and somehow still makes a great speaker.

One thing I would like everyone to think about is that we are listening to systems and not just speakers. The interesting thing is that amps that I thought would be great with all the Tekton speakers that I have heard (DI, DI SE, Ulfs) did not turn out that way. There is a 300 B amp that I didn’t particularly like on the DI that Teajay told me today sounded glorious on the Ulfs. In my mind I had already panned this amp but it could be the interaction in the system just didn’t work with the DI. The 2A3 amp that didn't work with the Ulfs etc. Audio is complicated for the most dedicated of us. It is apparent that these speakers can sound quite different in different systems. I never heard the speakers being bass shy at Teajay’s house. I have said before that I am more critical of the midrange and I am not that sensitive to bass as others are. I totally believe that in some systems and rooms the speaker might not be to eveyone’s taste. Audio is not paint by numbers and you cannot cobble together a system based upon reviews or other people’s experience. It really is trial and error until it works for you. Tekton has done audiophiles a great service offering excellent speakers for little money in high end economics. The fact that they are even in the conversation of great speakers at $3000 is astounding. They are obviously not for everyone but they can sound quite different with different amplication, wires, front ends and the list goes on and on. I hope Grannyring and others will continue to post because there is much to learn from them. We all lose by not hearing and considering all voices.

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and please remember with all these drivers decent
Wave core, and better woofers they are 2-3% distortion, compared with top scan speaker ,seas, Accuton, they are not as refined no matter how good the design .They are a very good speaker and great deal.I give credit where do,

Are you saying then that you cannot replace the woofers in the DIs to give 1% distortion or less, thus putting the drivers, themselves, more in line with what you'd expect from pricier speakers?

You would have to redesign the cabinet, and cross over if you put in different brand higher spec- matched drivers. For their magnet,frame structure is different 
A DI ultimate reference  would be I would estimate around $18k
To be close to the competition that sells for $40k.
I think this is an honest assessment if I were coursing parts .
Like a 3 way speaker I built ,for sale grade A  Birch ply  sonivly is noticsbly more solid ,and sonivly better, the DI dpeaker uses MDF .one major reason these $$ big money speakers have  such low noise and tight Bass is composite ,materials 
Machined Aluminum and high tech - black hole sound absorption for example 
,and the Entire crossover in its own isolated chamber. The Double impact 
Has the Crossover in the same environment as the drivers, that is an error .
For the crossover picks up vibration as is generated back as distortions ,small may be but cumulative.  These are just examples .even hook up wire .I seen a great demonstration with regular decent ,kimber,cardas hook up wire $ 3 a foot 
And the excellent Verastarr Copper foil ,in a vapor speaker .The verastarr  was $10 a ft .thst being said the speaker was much more detailed in transparent. 
It all comes down to how much do you want to compromise in the speakers $$ price, performance .All  parts choices are cumulative in the final voicing 
Of it's design. 

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WOW!
Those of you that know me know that I'm very open-minded to an indivudals thought.
There is no right and wrong, only what sounds good to each individual's preferences...
That's the way life seems to work. Thank goodness we don't all have the same likes and dislikes!