Tekton Double Impacts

I agree, the metal perf grills would be a big plus for those in need.  The factory grills aesthetically are lacking.  Much prefer the speakers without grills.  But if I were to move my DI's into my secondary system, those curved metal grills would be the ticket for sure.  Might be worth checking with SVS and see where they source their grills.  Hopefully not China. 

Great question.  Keep us posted with what you find out.

Corelli
“Good to hear from old friends on this thread. I would agree with all that has been said. @2spyop, you won’t go wrong with the DI, DI SE. The Moabs will exceed budget by $500. Wish I had the ability to tell you I have heard them side by side. I prefer, in theory, the simplified crossover of the Moab over the DI SE. I suspect the purity of the Moab is very special. Only wonder if there is any loss of mid-bass impact vs the SE’s?

As you may know, I owned the Magnepan 1.7’s and loved that speaker. It is a special transducer. But it took little time for me to find the DI to be an overall superior transducer. I found the DI to have more accurate imaging and sound staging. Detail was better. Obviously the DI had superior low end extension, dynamics, and surprisingly, was just as coherent to my ears.

I think you will love the flexibility the Tektons offer regarding amplifiers. And I really do not think you will have any desire to return them--so I really would not factor that much into the equation. Eric offers tremendous value directly marketing and something has to give to maintain his margin. So the inability to audition and return to a local dealer is a small price to pay for a huge value. I’ll take that any day.

Keep us posted.”

Thanks for addressing my questions. I was going to drive to Audio Archon in Chicago to hear these speakers but I guess I will have to call first to see if they still carry them? I am like another poster here, I am a budget minded guy, not a big spender. So the appeal of the DI SE is that they appear to be HI-FI (or at least higher end MID-FI) for the blue collar guy. I might have to hear them before I drop the cash because shipping them back would have to cost serious freight charges if, for some reason, I did not like them.

Another question to all, how many tweeters can you have an option to replace with BE? Does the buyer have to replace all with the upgrade? Or can you just have one BE, the rest upgraded or standard tweeters? I never got a response from Tekton on that question.

@2psyop You can replace just the center or treble producing tweeter if need be. It's not cheap and may put you over budget.  I'm not fond of beryllium drivers and the wrong person to recommend the upgrade. You could do the whole array possibly, but you'll definitely go broke doing it.  I'm not even certain the SE has the option for BE drivers because he uses a scanspeak tweeters I believe in that model and the diameter size may differ from the BE driver, I'd ask Eric or Karma.  

Jcarpopo- thanks for the info! I did not know the upgraded tweeters in the SE were scanspeak. I thought? I read somewhere that the drivers Eric using are from parts express?? Maybe since he is not designing his own drivers that really helps keep the cost down. I know the JL Audio F series subwoofers have very high end and in-house designed drivers that are just magnificent in the amount of engineering that went into them.

@2psyop Things may have changed since the price reduction. I always though the whole point of paying for DI SE was to get the upgraded scanspeak drivers, but please somone correct me if I am mistaken.  I'd clarify concerns or questions with Karma or Eric for up-to-date information. If I give out old information, I apologize.