Tekton Double Impacts

I'm going to come straight out and say that I value and appreciate what @teajay  wrote about speaker placement.

I view Terry's contributions to this thread as a remarkable gift...few reviewers are as active here on Audiogon, and fewer still are as open as he is here on Audiogon. He willingly offers his take on things, responds to our questions and is reachable, if need be, on topics and issues related to, and even those unrelated to, the topic of this thread.

His points on speaker placement  and performance are spot on and helpful and I didn't find his language ill chosen; in fact; I found it sensitive and soft enough.

As I said in my earlier post, learning is a two way street.

Terry, if the opportunity arises and you need to kick me in the you know where...please feel comfortable doing so...the pain will be fleeting, but the learning just may be lifelong!

My two cents gentlemen,
My DIs are FIVE INCHES from the front wall! Is it ideal? No, but I am very happy with the sound I'm getting. The base is not flabby, or boomy, at all. In fact, I sometimes wish I had a little more bass (Usually from poor recordings, though.) I think it is the rare situation to have ideal room dimensions, so we make do with what we have. This thread has been so civilized, for so long. Just wanted to bring it down a notch. :o) 

+1 Buds. I don’t feel the similar placement of mine are causing any problems. I trust Eric to know his own product’s capabilities.
And as to the earlier inference that as a vendor Eric may suggest things just to sell more products... two things. First, he has more business than he can handle currently. And second, Eric is not built that way. He enjoys what he’s doing and isn’t in this just for profit. Not by a long shot.

David,
 Very well said.

Bullitt, 
No doubt that your system sounds good with close proximity of speaker and wall. The point is can "good" be advanced to exceptional or even extraordinary sound due to superior  positioning . If "possible" why not experiment with speaker placement and see what happens? 
Charles 

When I initially got my DI's I didn't have much choice as to speaker placement and had them about 2' from the back wall, 2' from one side wall with no side wall on the other side. Not ideal by any stretch yet the DI's sounded very good to me. It wasn't until building a dedicated listening room did I hear all that the DI's had to offer. By bringing them well out into the room the sound really opened up with a much larger and delineated soundstage, better imaging and more detail and air around each note. 

I think what we have here is a case of both sides of an argument being right. Yes, the DI's can sound quite good in less than optimum placement. And yes, they can sound even better given more space and with proper room treatment. For many aesthetics ( or your significant other) don't allow for pulling the speakers out into the room where they might sound best and luckily the DI's will sound very good in spite of the poor placement......but should you ever get the chance to give them the room they perform best in you'll be well rewarded with exceptional sound. 

Whatever your listening environment may allow, enjoy your DI's as much as possible!