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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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charles1dad
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I will point out that quite a few DI owners have posted here of excellent results using high power solid state/class D amplifiers. 
Charles 
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charles1dad
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In fact I'd say if anything has been made clear regarding the Double Impacts over the course of this thread is their compatibility with a "wide" variety of amplifiers. 
C
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mapman
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Cranked up with very high power amplifiers?    
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grannyring
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I think something at play here is the cabinet. It is only .75 inches thick even on the front baffle. It is NOT the most inert. At db levels of 110 dB they will undoubtably cause all kinds of vibration induced distortion and smearing. That is very, very loud and not something I would ever recommend for mere mortals. Anyway, put Star Sound Apprentice platforms under the DIs and you will hear a very different speaker at both low and very high listening levels. These speakers really need a footer of this quality to sound their best. I highly recommend Star Sound Apprentice platforms. I have no doubt they would have cleaned and sorted out the music much better. Food for thought.

Secondly, as I have said before the DI is a tad, just a tad, forward in the upper mids in stock form. I use Roon DSP and shave 1.75- 2 dB off the upper mids and find that perfect. I find this is needed more the louder the speaker is played. I understand the builder is now putting a resistor in series with the 6.5 inch mid drivers to accomplish the same thing. I find this interesting as I have been doing this since day one.

We don’t know the value of the resistor, but it is most likely 1.8-2.2 ohms. This would shave some 2 dB on an 8ohm speaker.
david_ten
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Agreed. I think one of the issues here is the very high playback levels with a very high power amplifier.

ATI is a well regarded amp. @nitrobob  Did you listen at 'mere mortal' levels and what were your findings under those conditions?

Bill ( @grannyring ) is correct in pointing out the value of isolating the DIs, and in fact, any speaker.
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