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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
corelli OP
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It would be nice if Eric would take 10 minutes to post some info on the various reincarnations of the DI crossover. Would probably save him a lot of time/calls in the long run. I imagine that the latest version may or may not be the ticket for any given individual's system/room/ears.  But it would be really nice to hear Eric's take on what each version accomplished in a relative sense.  For now I'm sitting tight on crossover changes but it's still on my radar.

@grannyring  Bill, very sorry to hear you won't be posting here sharing your technical expertise.  That is a real loss.  Please reconsider!

Subs should be arriving today.  Looking forward to hearing (but not lifting) them.


grey9hound
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aniwolfe312 posts01-24-2018 9:58pm@treebeard1

Supposedly the change is tied to the SN#. You need to contact Tekton with the SN# and they will tell you.

Here’s a video summary on the resistor change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IMgA8O8IQ

If you are using anything with equalizer capabilities , such as JRiver, you can lower the 600hz and the 1khz by about 1.5 db to 2 db(depending on how forward your amp pre-amp and cable combination sounds ) for very close to the same results,without having to install any resistor.
It seems to lower ,IMO,mostly the vocals area. This lowering of these frequencies allows the bass to become more prominent. I think this is a desirable effect for most people.
I actually have mine at -1.5 db for each of those frequencies.
Seems to work well for me .

grey9hound
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BTW.
I sent the link for the video to Eric, and ask him if that guy in the video was correct.
His reply was Yes.
He told me exactly what aniwolfe said
" Yip. And it’s far from necessary... only good for small rooms... and for DI speakers produced between June-October last year"
I think mine sound fine either way.It is just a matter of preference .
my room is pretty small.
I have the Lygndorf room correction which helps with the small room ,  tremendously.
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grannyring
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My room is 34x24 with 10 foot ceilings. In my small room the 15 ohm parallel resistor was much preferred by my wife and I in blind testing. 
grey9hound
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Bill,
You had also changed out your 6.5 inch drivers, and admittedly lost some deep bass in doing so,therefore, I can see why you would prefer them with the resistor.
Because of this ,they are not the same Double Impact speaker that the rest of us have .
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