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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
corelli OP
386 posts
 
Thanks mac. Very much looking forward to this weekend.  I'm sure you are right--seems our ears/brain learn to accept our prior system as  our point of reference.  After a month or two might be interesting to put the 1.7's back in action.

Will post some initial thoughts this weekend.
lancelock
625 posts
 
mac48025, I am interested in your impressions of these speakers with your new LTA gear when it comes. I agree with others posters here that the Linear Tube Audio MZ2-S and ZOTL40 are great bang for the buck products and are also world class amps as well.

My listening room is pretty well set with my LTA gear and Janszen zA2.1 speakers but I do have a second system to work on.

mofojo
517 posts
 
Last night I listened for about 4 hours. To be honest I am a little dumfounded how they can be as good as they are. I was very skeptical in some of these posts, maybe a little insulting a few times "sorry" but these are something special IMO.
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mac48025
613 posts
 
Lol mofojo, six months of listening to my DI's and I still think they have no right sounding as good as they do.....so join the club! Your skepticism is understandable as I was the first to own and review these speakers and was probably over the top in extolling their praise, but it was hard not to. It's been comforting seeing so many echo my praise of them.....at least I know I'm not crazy now! FWIW........any system improvements will be clearly evident through the DI's along with room treatments and speaker placement. I've found giving them space away from side and back walls helps them to open up more, but I'm sure that's true for just about any speaker. 
lancelock
625 posts
 
Mac, how far away from the wall is optimal? I think my current Monitor Audio speakers are about 2' away.

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