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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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mac48025
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Thanks Jcarcopo and grannyring. As you can tell I'm a total novice to modding but I think I can handle it. 

Whoa, I had no idea Duelund caps cost so much. I think using Duelund wire will suffice for me.....along with Jupiter and Mundorf caps. Let my research begin. Thanks for the part suggestions and tips gentlemen. I'll experiment on my DI's first before modding the SE's. 

grannyring, after modding the DI's I know you have a more refined sound but one of the qualities of the DI's I wouldn't want to lose is their "liveliness"....that natural, live, realism they impart. Have your mods affected this quality of them?
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grannyring
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No. They are more resolving. The electrolytic caps used in the DI are dark sounding. That is the sound quality of electrolytic caps. The parts I used opened up the speaker, made them more resolving, improved imaging, greater weight and body and most importantly......more natural sounding. The nervous or slightly ragged edges are gone and music is now flows with more focus, fidelity, and smoothly. Please do not take refined to mean dull and dark.

The Duelund wire is a lively wire full of life, but never too forward or bright. Also understand that better parts make a speaker more quiet....that is less noise. Great caps and resistors can reduce noise. Noise you don’t know is even there until you hear the difference. This is the refinement I am talking about.
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mac48025
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Thanks for the detailed answer grannyring. That makes a lot of sense to me and I know exactly what you mean about noise being that you don't know is there until it's gone. Every time I think my system is as quiet as it could get I change something that brings about another level of silence that allows more detail, textures and musical subtleties to emerge.....which brings about the refinement you're describing. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us. 
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charles1dad
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Hi Tom,
Bill (Grannyring) has in  my opinion given you excellent advice and recommendations.  The speakers you heard in my home were Coincident Total Eclipse II with Duelund CAST copper foil capacitors.  Fortunately I only required one pair of 5.6uf for the tweeters, that was it thankfully. 

This was done about 5 years ago and cost me about 600 or 700.00 dollars.  Absolutely worth every penny.  As Bill noted the cost using big value or multiple Duelunds grows exponentially in a hurry. It was Bill who suggested the Duelund CAST to me 5 years ago, time truly does fly.
That one simple tweeter capacitor change elevated the sound from "very" good to superb in my opinion. 
Charles 
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mac48025
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Thanks Charles,
It was due to your speakers and Duelund caps that made me think of Duelund but I had no idea they would add up so quickly. Mundorf and Jupiter are certainly quality caps and it sounds like they did wonders for Bill.

I will wait until my SE's and new amp and pre amp are burned in before I do any mods so as to be familiar with their sound before making changes. I hope to have everything in place shortly after the new year and can have you over to listen to things before I start modding anything. Every component in my system will be differant from when you last heard it and I look forward to your impression of the changes. The speaker cables will still be the same at least :) 
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