Tekton Double Impacts

@nonoise  

Reach out to @pawsman who had a couple of posts regarding the Impact Monitors on 6/26 (I believe a page or two ago).

nonoise, give me a p.m. I have the monitors and plan on a "review" soon. Thanks, Jeff

Nonoise,'
I've had the Impact monitors only 5 days, but they've done some amazing things already. I'm in a quandary similar to Waltersalas; I've already got a highly regarded pair of 2-way monitors with a midrange of Danish origin and a RAAL tweeter. I listen primarily to classical music and solo piano (with a little jazz thrown in). One of the first cuts I played was Mussorgsky's "Night on bald mountain" on Reference Recordings RR 82CD. A very dynamic cut that I've heard many times on many different systems. I've never heard the orchestral textures unravelled like the Impact Monitors did, giving an airy, 3-D soundstage. I heard this cut on a highly regarded $45,000 speaker with highly regarded SS electronics; it was not even close, the Impact Monitors bested them.  On the other hand, I'd give a slight edge to my Reference Monitors for solo piano music (at this point in time). They seem to give a more solid, weighty piano sound, whereas the Impact monitors had a lighter touch. It may really come down to which presentation your prefer; they both sound very good with solo piano. I listened to a Jazz vocal recording of Blossom Dearie on Verve; the Impact Monitors gave a really organic, airy, 3-D sound to her voice,  realistic and very pleasing to listen to, right smack in the middle of the 2 speakers. My reference monitors did a good job as well, but a slightly different presentation. I'll give further thoughts as I listen more and the speakers break in-
pawsman 

Thanks to all who responded. I just got off the phone with Eric and he almost sold me on them. He even mentioned you, pawsman, as being very impressed on how they compared to your $45K speakers. 

On an aside, I favorably commented on his use of the ring radiator tweeter and how I heard another speaker that uses it and how impressed I was. Eric told me that he's replacing the ring radiator tweeter with a dome unit and won't use it anymore except for models like the Enzo. I'm not sure if he meant he's using the dome for all future models with the patent. He said the sound is as good and all positives apply.

Since he's only made a few examples of the monitor (starting two weeks ago), can anyone chime in and let me know if they use the ring radiator or the newer dome tweeter?

All the best,
Nonoise

I've got the Dome tweeter in my Impact Monitors; the picture on Tekton's website shows the ring radiator (with the nipple) I believe. BTW, just listened to the Pittsburgh SO doing Strauss' Elektra & Rosenkavalier suites on Reference Recordings FR-722 SACD; spectacular orchestra 
sound on this Hybrid SACD (I listened to the PCM layer).(All my comments include my 2 Emotiva DSP-10 subs with the Monitors)-

pawsman