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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
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ozzy
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mac48025,

Its nice that you could actually talk to Eric. He mentioned, but did not provide any real data to that affect.

Charles1dad,

As I review the few reviews from (Audio Video Review?) and on the Tekton web site there are no specifications stated. That and along with Eric's reluctance to answer my questions suggests his speakers don't test well.

Perhaps these speakers perform well with low power tube amps but I have others who have sent emails stating that they perform better with higher power amps. That would concur with a impedance problem.

Now I know $3000 is cheap in todays realm of High End audio but do you people just submit on line $3000+ without being able to get questions answered?

ozzy
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jcarcopo
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Yep, I'm a moron I guess. 
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charles1dad
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Ozzy,
One thing this thread has confirmed is the speaker sounds very good with a "wide" range of amplifiers.  I don't know who's e-mailing you and honestly some people just prefer higher power amplifiers and Will simply have that preference. My point to you was they were just wonderful with my 300b SET amplifier and its 8 watts.  The room wasn't small and volume wasn't held back. 

There were zero issues driving the speakers. So I just extrapolated and feel that your 60 watt OTL  amplifiers "should" do as well as my 8 watt SET driving this speaker load.  Just my opinion. 
Charles 
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ozzy
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charles1dad,

Thanks for your input. 

ozzy
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james_w514
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I can't imagine having issues with any amp paired with DI's other than personal sound preferences. 
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