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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
teajay
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Hello gentlemen,

My review on the Impact Monitor speakers just went up on hometheaterreview.com.  I nick named them the "baby DI's" because Eric was able to take the performance of the larger sibling down to a stand mount for smaller acoustic spaces.  It's a terrific speaker and its my new reference in my smaller system.  Hope you enjoy the review.
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@teajay  Congratulations on the trifecta!

Any word on The Ulf expecting? : )

Thanks for bringing Marilyn Moore to my attention. Playing her via Tidal/Roon as I type. BTW, I love Sketches of Spain.
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yohimey
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I own a pair of Tekton Lores i paid extra for the upgraded caps and wiring and beefed up speaker lugs, i dont have what you have for electronics so at best this is apples to oranges. I have a scout 2 (VPI ) T.T. a Audio Technica  ART 9 mc cart,  Morrow solid core ph-1 interconnects feeding a Rouge Audio Perseus Magnum preamp, rolled to 1950's Holland Amperex BugelBoys 12au7's ,it came with jj's fine sound but bland compared to B B's .More Morrow ma-1 solid core interconnects feeding into a Rogue Audio STEREO-100 amp, rolled the 2 12au7 wich were also jj's to  Tesla nos 12au7's,  and believe it or not the amp is feeding the Tektons via .17 cent a foot solid core 24 ga. furnace stiff wires! by the way i have expensive stranded terminated spkr wires but these hard stiff penny per foot solid core wires put them to shame. Digital duties are a Playstation 1 w/ the rca output jacks on rear, again it puts my 500.00 marantz cd6005 to shame for musicality. in a room approximately sloped ceiling 15 ft center sloping to  12 ft at ends meeting the walls, by 22 ft wide by 40 ft long, hardwood floors  with a large rectangular rug on the floor. I like the sound!
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
@yohimey  Welcome to Audiogon! It's all about the music and one's enjoyment. No matter what the path or gear. Great to hear you are loving your system and sound.
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yohimey
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I have the Tektons approximately 60" from rear walls and 130" apart with approximately 6 ft . to the side walls , i sit 135 " away in the sweet spot, im using homemade horn loaders each on the inside of ea. spkr at about 60 degrees to out, helps seperation . I also have a Akai GX 635D 10" RTR and  Pioneer 900 cassette deck with a DBX 224 to encode / decode my high bias tapes, completely eliminating hiss, RTR does this w/o the DBX because it has a pinch roller pressing tape to head where as the cassette deck just glides across producing the hiss, i cant distinguish my encoded cassettes from the cd's! And the RTR just kicks musical ass all over the place. I got a chineese Shuguang 845-300b 21 watt S.E.T. intergrated amp as well , all tubes upgraded to z types. This  amp sounds extremely good, on Tektons 98 db @ 1watt on the 8 ohm taps .
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