The SEs and this 2A3 amp are a wonderful pairing and an effective one for a far wider range of music than I expected and at higher volume levels than I anticipated.
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.
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.
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I've been listening to the DIs for about a week now. Grills came in just a few days after the speakers. Fit and finish were very nice on all. Heavy, watch those cones. I lifted mine with a neighbor using the ports front and back. Banana plugs were loose so I pried them wider but they are still loose. It has not been a problem as the connection stays fine. I'm still in the break in phase but very impressed with the great sound. It's a little bit upper ended I think. I'm hoping that it is due to lack of room conditioning which I will try to address with temporary on/off wall treatments. I've noticed that the better DSD and 96kHz and up, FLAC recordings do sound very much better in the lower ends as well as spacial separation and sound stage.
On the other hand, I don't listen to deep base recordings so that could be the biggest reason. Sitting in the "Zone" 90" triangle, reaps the most rewarding experience but walking around the house the sound is way more upper ended again. I think that more base would be brought out with more amplification through monoblocks. Running with the PrimaLuna Prologic Premium Integrated tube amp. All digital sourced by Sony Hap-S1. Listening to Santana III DSD 2.8MHz Master Superior 2016 DSD 2.8MHz Piltch & Davis + Friends Take One DSD 2.8MHz Linn Records volume 2 DSD 2.8MHz Norah Jones Come Away with Me FLAC 192 Mhz/ 24bit Morphine Cure for Pain FLAC 96 KHz/24bit Herbie Hancock Headhunters DSD 2.8MHz Corinne Bailey Rae, The Heart Speaks in Whispers FLAC 96 The Corrs, In Blue FLAC 96MHz Obsession New Flamenco Romance FLAC 96 MHz Wilco, The Whole Love FLAC 96MHz etc, etc, etc. But these sound amazing on this setup. I am very happy with my purchase and decision to go with Tekton Double Impacts. |
@iclickjohn my DI’s sounded sounded forward at first as well and they took a frustratingly long time to break in. Those low mid transducers take awile before they seem to kick in. I don’t think you will have a problem with the primaluna. I’m powering with an Aric Audio Special Push Pull with kt120’s pushing 60 watts per channel and and I can crank up to ear bleed levels and still have plenty of head room to spare. In fact, according to voltage meter, I can’t hardly get it to leave class a and enter class a/b. It took me a long time but ithe di’s did relaxe eventually. I suspect you have a great pairing of amp and speaker. |
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