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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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triumphtt02
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 craigI59
There are likely lots of ways to skin a DI grill. I too, prefer the appearance and sound of the half grill in place in addition to the practical reasons! Time delay, if there is one, would be purely academic at best. Low frequencies travel so much differently anyway and the sound difference of grill cloth and thin frame over and around the woofers would, at best be negligible. How many serious music listeners are using a 2.1 system with a sub without much concern of time delay? I have no doubt Eric voiced the DI’s without grills. If there IS a slight time delay or defraction of some kind, the benefit of the half grill by far outweighs a small deleterious sonic effect. 😎
craigl59
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tt02:
Use REW to tune my system and retuned last night after the grill change. The bass required a +2 db increase to match with the treble now that the half grill is in place. Fairly modest adjustment.
I use HSU subs in studio and 5.1 settings but do not care for them in stereo ones -- they muddy up the bass soundstage. Your point about subs and time delay is, however, well taken.
canibefrank
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or they just took a long flyer
with the french poodles next door
craigl59
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CanIBeCavalier:

It was the poodles. Now there are Cavadoodles running around everywhere. It's a good mix -- the cavalier's love and the poodle's smarts. They're hell in the bathtub, however...

canibefrank
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i want them tektons!!
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