Tekton Impact Monitors


Hi All,
I'm relatively new to Audiogon but have trolled the discussions for a few months. I have been listening to Spendor LS3/5As driven by a Quad 34/306 combination since the late 1980's and decided that it was finally time to upgrade my speakers. I love the Spendors but they are very limited in dynamics and scale. I auditioned the SVS Ultra Bookshelf speakers and while they brought some additional scale they simply didn't have the sweet midrange that I can't live without. I listened to some open baffle speakers (Emerald Physics) and loved them, but their size and need for space worried me, and I found them less satisfying at moderate and low volumes, where I do a fair bit of listening. I was fascinated by all the discussion regarding Tekton speakers and was considering getting a pair of Enzo 2.7s, but after a short discussion with Eric I followed his recommendation of the Impact Monitor with upgrade. They have the 7 tweeter array and a pair of 6.5" woofers and are rear-ported. I use a pair of SVS subs (the sealed variety). The Impact Monitors are simply amazing. The midrange is oh-so-sweet (very similar to my Spendors, but with more air) and the detail, even at low and moderate listening levels, is superb. The imaging is even better than my Spendors managed and the scale is huge and is much more music-appropriate. My system is really quite modest but now when I walk into my listening room (doubles as our living room - thankfully my wife appreciates Hi-Fi) I get the audio-show feeling of "being there". I have a Denon DP59L turntable with a DL110 HO moving coil cartridge running through an Emotiva XPS-1 phono preamp and the Tektons are absolutely incredible with classic rock on vinyl. I'm not sure how Eric managed it, but these speakers are superb, even with my 30 year old Quad electronics. I believe they are basically the top 24" of the Double Impacts, but are rear-ported rather than front ported. I can heartily recommend them and Eric and his team are great to work with. I'm not sure how many other Impact Monitors are out there since the pair I have are S/N 0005 and 0006!  
ky1mag
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Thanks for posting that image. Although it is a little dark, it doesn’t really resemble any tweeter on the Tymphany site that I could see. I of course could be very wrong, it’s a proven fact :)  It does resemble the tweeter on the Brilliance, though.
pawsman,

Your tweeters from your posted pic look like the,

Sb acoustics SB26STCN-C000-4

The sensitivity would match up perfectly from the specs.
But this tweeter has a higher resonance frequency than the Sb acoustics ring dome SB29RDNC-C000-4 that is used in the DI's floorstanders and wouldn't play as low, I don't think.

Kenny.
backsigns,

I believe that the peerless Tympani dome tweeters may be only used on the Double Impact SE version with Scanspeak mids and possibly the woofers also.


Kenny.
I was looking at those earlier and thought they looked more like it. I wonder if cost is the reason for the change. If it is a drop in replacement you could just replace them all, for a couple of hundred bucks, lol if you didn't like the soft domes.