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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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Hello Charles,

I'm sure that Tom appreciated your input as he put this together and have no doubt it delivers in all the ways you described. It's nice to have another set of ears to validate ones efforts. No doubt you had some serious 300b discussion going on. Can't recall what tubes Tom went with or if he specified particular tubes at the time of his order with Aric.
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mac48025
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Thanks Charles, your impressions are quite valuable to me as it was your systems sound that I was trying to emulate. While none of our components are the same the overall sound signature is very similar......which makes me very happy.

I'm using the Sophia Royal Princess 300B tubes Corelli and while I'm quite happy with them I'll be ordering a pair of EML XLS 300B's that Charles is using and possibly the 80th anniversary Western Electric re-issues when they come out in September. I'll also be updating the caps in my pre and amp to Duelunds ........then I should be set for a while. Maybe. Probably not :)
corelli OP
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Hah!  A smile came to my face when I read that Tom!........... I'm still chuckling.  Anyway, glad you are so happy with your new equipment.  If I owned your stuff I'd be tempted, too, to open things up and start sorting out what could be upgraded.  Everyone seems to agree that the Duelunds are the cats meow.  So how are your soldering skills?  Need me to bring the solder station over?
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mac48025
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I’m not daring enough to upgrade the caps myself Corelli, I’ll leave that to Aric. He put the same caps in the Motherlode preamp he made for Brian. You’re more than welcome to stop by should you ever be on this side of the state......just bring some Founders with you 🍻....or I’ll have some Oberons to enjoy out by the koi pond for you!


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charles1dad
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Tom,
Interesting isn’t it? Our systems share no common components yet have similar sound presentation. I’m curious to know if  this may possibly  influence 300b tube preference. I’ve had the Royal Princess (RP)  in my amplifier and thought it was very good although ultimately I preferred the EML. Given your different system the choice could be for the RP. No doubt these two 300bs have distinct characteristics that might favor one system (Synergy once again) over the other. So I look forward to your upcoming listening impressions.

As we discussed when I came to visit, I’m a huge fan of the Duelund CAST copper foil capacitors and believe this is a very wise upgrade decision for your pre and power amplifiers. So far every change you’ve made in your system has resulted in undeniable improvement. The Duelunds will continue this successful trend.
Charles
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