Tekton Double Impacts

@333Jeffery  - My oh my, your video is getting around! :-)

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?22616-Tekton-Design-Double-Impact-Reference-Loudspeaker... 

I noticed that...wow, your Ulfs aren't that far away from the front walls. Can that even be a foot behind your speakers? What's more, really no space to speak of the side walls, either.

This seems to be a reoccurring theme, that the Tekton speakers don't necessarily need that much room to breath, or shine. I've seen it myself at Raven Audio and Bullitt's house.

Terry, on the other hand has his Ulfs really far from the front and side walls.

When I spoke to Eric he said maybe a foot from the front and side walls, and said that he wouldn't make a claim that any more distance would do much good. I imagine, like any speaker, that the placing is going to be room dependent, yet I still wonder that what if @teajay placed his Ulfs very close to the front and side walls as a part of his review, he might answer some questions for those people who are thinking about buying Tekton, but they wonder if the larger models are too large.

Like teajay I found the DI's to sound best out into the room. Having said that they still sound very good close to the back or side walls. I found the same went for the Enzo's. It's more surprising with the DI's though as they are rear ported and I assume the Ulfberhts are also. Great sounding speakers that aren't fussy about placement.......gotta luv it. 

@mac48025 - Hmmmm...curious. You know, I can't remember exactly what Eric said, but he said that the ports on the back of his speakers don't act as usual ports. I'm not sure what that was about, but maybe @tektondesign design can talk a little bit about that. Because, as is, they seem to exhibit characteristics of full range single drivers that I've played with, inasmuch as sure, they sound better out in the room, but you can get them pretty darn close to the wall. I mean, it can't be magick. There has to be some science behind it. 

At any rate, I'm committing myself to at least learning the basics of the Sumiko method of speaker placement, because it should work in any room, to let the speaker/room pressure paradigm play itself out in a natural way.Then add room correction and/or treatment as needed...*if* needed!

The only speakers I have in-house as the moment are Dynaudio 340s, so if I play around with them an the Sumkio method and come out aces, with better SQ, I would imagine the mini-Ulfs would work much better, whether the room dictates a few inches or a few feet.

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=60819.0 

Please note this is not a personal attack on Jeffery just a strong comment on his setup of his Ulf's:

Are you freaking serious!  I would not setup an inexpensive pair of speakers the way this 12K world class speaker is placed in this room.  Any rear ported speaker should at least be, if possible around two feet off the front wall, otherwise you muddy up the bass big time.  By having the inner front edge of the Ulf's parallel to the cabinet would totally negate the speakers ability to develop center fill and a deep soundstaging.  They also are quite close to the side walls/corners that would create early disruptive reflections and again interfere with overall clarity, imaging and lead to a booming/muddy bass response.

Certainly, there are speaker designs that are designed to be placed right on the front wall to develop their soundstages, but the Ulf's is not one of them.  I have heard the DI's setup in a very similar fashion and found that their performance was tremendously effected negatively in that system.

Without using room treatments the closest I would place the DI's or Ulf's to the front wall would be, if possible, at least two and a half feet, and from the side walls at least the same distance.  I'm very lucky in that I have a special acoustic space both in size and how much wood is used throughout the room which leads to a very natural acoustic environment for any speaker I review.  It saddens me that this proud owner of these very special speakers will not really hear the magic of what the Ulf's can do if placed in the correct position in the right sized room.

It's like putting a world class racing horse in a kiddy corral dooming him never to run free at his total potential /speed.     

Pawsman and JC,  I thought it was just me...