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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
999 posts
 
csmgolf,
Point made.  I agree that there are some speakers you might hear at a show and you know pretty quickly this is not the speaker for you.  In that case, shows can be effective at narrowing the field.  Now if you hear several you really like......well, that's where the home edition is critical for me.
Many owners of the DI/SE's find them full range, no sub needed.  With large scale works, I do not.  I use a pair of subs that really fill in from 20-30hz.  So take the 20hz spec with a grain of salt.  Many rooms will not achieve anything below 30hz.  But for many, that is irrelevant depending on musical preference. 
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jcarcopo
504 posts
 
@csmgolf 10/4 on the Zu. Not sure what sells them. Hard to find a speaker that measures worse than it sounds and still finds a market. 
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
csmgolf,
Believe me I understand your position on  hearing speakers of interest at shows. This does act to a certain degree as a screening process and is better than no exposure at all.  My point is that if there is very serious interest in definitively judging a speaker home audition is the undisputed best option. 

Regarding Zu speakers my listening impressions at audio shows (4 separate occasions) have been the same disappointing result. 
Just unimpressed. Each occasion was the same.  Very loud rock music and driven with solid state amplifiers, outcome= poor sound quality.  Perhaps I needed to hear them with acoustic jazz at reasonable volume levels driven by a good tube (or solid state) amplifier,  who knows?
Charles 
lpretiring
466 posts
 
@csmgolf ,
Thanks for detailing what your in home audition would consist of. It would take considerable effort for the audition process. Clearly something to avoid if the D.I.'s would not match your taste.

I also believe with Tekton being a smaller business at this point and up to their eyeballs in existing orders they might feel that the company is best served by not participating directly at Axpona this year.

Corelli brings up some excellent points pertaining to subs that you may draw a conclusion from without in home work.

If you do progress to the point of in home I'm pretty sure without checking that the in home trial is for 60 days.

  LP

danoroo
239 posts
 
What tweeters are used in the Double Impact SE?  I wish my Enzo 2.7s had better tweeters.  If the tweeters were more transparent, more airy, these things would be damn near perfect.  Why doesn't Tekton offer an SE version of their other models?
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