Tekton Double Impacts

In addition to everything that has been stated, arrangements can also be made for in home pick up in the event the speakers are to be returned to Tekton.

There is an old saying "you can't please all the people all the time."

  LP

I just don't understand why people are so upset. I am considering these as a possible replacement for a pair of Mosaic Acoustics Illuminations. If you have never heard of them, look them up. They are a $25,000 a pair set of speakers made by Dale Pitcher, one of the best designers in the business. I was able to get a great deal on a used pair. I first heard them at Axpona 3 years ago and thought they were the best at the show. Saying that you can't get great sound at a show is hogwash, particularly if the speakers are great. If the DIs are what people say they are, the positives will be able to be heard at a show. I understand enough to know that my room would be the final say so, I have been doing this a while.

The Illuminations are the most demanding speakers to set up that I have ever experienced. Moving them by 1/4 of an inch makes a difference. The tweeters are movable for time alignment and 1/16 of an inch makes a difference. It has taken months to get it right. They are outstanding speakers capable of transcendent sound. They are also massively heavy. 150 plus pounds for just the bass cabinets. So it is not just a matter of slapping the DIs in my room. I have to move the other speakers out which are multiple pieces and a complicated break down. Believe me, it is no small task. Particularly when you are doing it by yourself. Then if the DIs don't beat out some great competition, I get to move them back in plus ship a large set of speakers. Even though current position can be measured, there will be tweaking to get them back to what I am getting from them now. 

My drawback with the Illuminations is that a subwoofer is a must. I hate using subwoofers for stereo, period. As exacting as the rest of the set up is, so it is blending a subwoofer with them. However, the imaging, sound staging, purity of tone, and coherence within their usable range is amazing. I am looking for a bit more simplicity and bass extension/power without giving up much of what the Illuminations do so incredibly well. The fact that I am even considering the DI at all says that I believe there is a lot of potential. The DIs have been shown at a couple of other shows. When I question why they are not being shown at one of the largest shows in North America when they have a local dealer, I get attacked by owners that act like I am insulting them personally. Bizarre stuff. I want to hear them first and am willing to travel within reason to do so. 

I think Eric will have a pair of Tektons at AXPONA with Parasound,

Hi csmgolf,
I can’t speak for anyone else on this thread but I don’t see any response to your posts that rise to the level of an attack. You post on an open forum and naturally some will reply to your comments. You expressed your thoughts and this generated feedback. Where are the attacks toward you? This is just normal forum back and forth dialogue on an acknowledged discussion site.
Charles

@charles1dad    
Calling it an attack was probably going to far. But there has been innuendo that I am sniping the company, too lazy to put the effort into audition the speaker in my own home, and that I am just being difficult. That is not the case. I just want an opportunity to hear them first. Zu Audio is a perfect example. Many people swear by them on this very site. They have a return policy also. Fortunately for me, I have heard them probably a half dozen times or so at shows. I have never once heard them sound good to me despite what others say about them. I am thankful for the opportunity to have heard them and to be able to rule them out because I was very interested in them. The audition of the Pendragons that I mentioned above was extended and at an owners home, not at a show. It was a couple of years ago. Good in some ways, but I heard some issues. That is why I want to hear the DI before I do anything. 

@klh007 
Thanks, I did not see them on the exhibitor listing. I will check them out.