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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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+1 Corelli. Aric your contributions are an asset IMO.
Charles 
laaudionut
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Agreed...stated with some bias, obviously.
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aricaudio
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I have to say, I am truly impressed with the tonal qualities and imaging of the Duelund PIO caps used in the outputs of the Motherlode! I still say that the True Copper Audyns are a hair- and I mean just a "hair" less smooth, but with the same overall presentation and at a much more economical level. However I haven't stopped listening to the Motherlode since I buttoned the bottom cover on, and I'm hearing things I've never heard sound so real in my system before. Having never personally heard "The Dude", I can't say how much of a difference there is (if any), but having the same basic architecture in place, and similar high end components used throughout, I can only surmise that the Motherlode is a "sister from anutha mister". Best wishes, Aric
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sbayne
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Aric - I owned a basic Dude preamp for a couple of years. It was very good. Paul would use his excellent design and build it to your price point. I never heard one with Duelunds but from what I've been told they were something special. Grannyring (Bill) has a lot of knowledge regarding the Dude preamp if you should have questions. (Hope I didn't just speak-out-of-turn Bill)   
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aricaudio
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@sbayne - Thank you! Yes, I've actually been chatting with Bill about some of the differences and similarities between the two designs over on another thread. It appears Paul's design was highly sought after and many different versions were offered. It's very interesting and cool to see all of the variations out there. 
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