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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
 
Would also like some thoughts on the different amps you have tried.
teajay
1,333 posts
 
Hi Guys,

Of course I stopped by Mike's (Audio Archon) last night to hear his pair of DI SE speakers.  First, they looked very sexy indeed with their piano black lacquer with embedded sliver particles.  Secondly, with no hours on them, cold out of the crates they sounded great!  I know the question you all want to ask, do they sound significantly better then the standard DI's that I reviewed?  Well, I can't answer the question right now.  Even though Mike was using the linear Tube Audio combo ( the 10 watt EL-84 amp, instead of the ZOTL-40), same cables, and digital front end as my system I did not have enough listening experience, along with that the DI SE's not yet totally settled -in and Mike will work out the perfect placement of them in his room to come to any rational decision.  I will have to wait for my pair of the SE's to compare them in the same system/acoustic environment to the standard model, which I still have in the house, which will lead to a full review on them for hometheaterreview.com.

Corelli, Mike just called me with great excitement with the the news that he had just driven the SE's with the MICRO-ZOTL preamplifier/amplifier ( all of one watt) with out any problems regarding volume levels and it was a thing of beauty!  He uses 6SN7 Tungsol black glass oval plate 1940's NOS tubes in the MICRO-ZOTL, so I can imagine the beauty of the timbres and the 3D space he was hearing.
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baranyi
664 posts
 
OK Mike time to dish!!
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baranyi
664 posts
 
or invite me to Libertyville!
lancelock
625 posts
 
The double Impact speakers will be in my near future. I do already have the ZOTL40 and MZ2-S. I concur the MZ2-S with the NOS Tung Sol black glass oval plates are special in this preamp/ amp.

i also powered my 93db radial speakers with the 1 watt and it was surprisingly loud.
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