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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
lancelock
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@waltersalas 

"Audiophile Nervosa being what it is, I didn't want to get, like, and keep the speakers, only to experience that niggling feeling six or eight months from now that I might be missing that extra few degrees of refinement or impact--if I had only gotten the upgrade"

Well said. I eagerly await the DI duel with the Daedalus.

teajay
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Just got through, about five hours, of listening to a SET 2A3 (3.5 watts into 4 ohms) being driven buy the Micro-ZOTL as a preamp into the DI's.  

This combo was very sweet, colorful, rich with lots of "meat on the bone" imaging.  However, it did not have the overall dynamic drive/pop, bass control, transparency, and ultimate volume levels of the Micro-ZOTL used as an amplifier.  Remember the Micro-ZOTL is 1 watt into 4 ohms, yet it's control of the DI's bottom end and its usable Db levels were better then the 3.5 watts of the SET amplifier.

Yet, on the right musical selections, (vocals, small group jazz) the SET 2A3 amp sounded beautiful with the DI's. 


corelli OP
386 posts
 
Pretty amazing teajay.  Really appreciate your posts on these different amplifier options.  Must be some nice synergy between the 4 ohm DI's and the Micro-ZOTL.
A bit ago you gave a nice review to the Melody 300b,  an interesting design that used two 300b's in push pull.  Do you still have that amp?
Please keep the posts coming on your impression of different amp/DI combinations you try.  Thanks

mac, when do you anticipate delivery of your Micro-ZOTL?
teajay
1,333 posts
 
Gentlemen,

I'm amending my conclusion regrading that the SET 2A3 was some what lacking in over Db levels/dynamics/transparency compared to the Micro-ZOTL used as an amplifier.

I discovered after I posted that I had not total disengaged a volume control on the SET amplifier that was leading to the prior shortcomings that I had talked about.  Now, the Micro-ZOTL as a line-stage with the SET 2A3 is a magical combo on all types of music and will play at higher volume levels, with great bottom end control, then the Micro-ZOTL by itself through the DI's.
teajay
1,333 posts
 
Hey corelli,

I do not have the Melody 300B anymore.  I have nothing but respect for Melody's products, very well built and they sound great.  That particular amp was my reference for about a year in my big system.  

So, shortly I hope to have in  house a pair of mono-block SET 300B amps (10 watts) to see how they will sound with the DI's.  These speakers are great in that you can virtually drive them with anything you want to get the overall sonic signature to match your personal taste in sound.

Right now I have three different, each one in its own right is terrific, ways to drive the DI's: Micro-ZOTL as an amp, the Micro-ZOTL/ZOTL-40amplifier, Micro-ZOTL as a line-stage/SET 2A3 amplifier.

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