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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
625 posts
 
The Plinius SA103 arrived today and happy to say I was able to get the behometh down stairs without a slipped disc. After a good while of warm up getting to the toasty class A temps it sounds absolutely incredible. A tube like warmth but with speed and bass slam that makes you realize what the DI's can do on the bottom end.

If you can find this 10K amp at a reasonable used price like I did it's well worth pairing with the DI's. At 125 watts per channel it has way more power than I need and draws 500 watts continuously in class A. It does however have a switch to change to class AB which I will use when in HT mode.

im sticking with this setup at least until the next new LTA amp comes out.

Lance


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charles1dad
6,996 posts
 
Hi jadedavid, 
Does your Frankenstein MK II have 4 and 8 ohm speaker taps? If so which are you using? My Frankenstein MK II is an earlier model which had 8 and 16 ohm taps. As Mac wrote they were exceptionally good with his DIs using the amplifier 8 ohm tap. 

If you do have a 4 ohm tap how does it compare to the 8 ohm tap?

Lak,  
I can't imagine that you would have any issues at all using your Allnic 300b SET with the Double Impacts.  In fact I strongly suspect that this pairing will sing as this is an easy speaker load. This has been confirmed numerous times on this lengthy thread. Your Allnic SET isa very high quality amplifier. 
Charles 
kdude66
1,198 posts
 
"Are we learning that the DI's are extremely transparent and detailed and that they actually show up shortcomings in audio system chains?"

I learned this on day one of listening to my DI's several months ago.
I guess some would call this a curse but I refer to this as a blessing.😃 

Kenny.
jadedavid
74 posts
 
Charles1dad, I have the original model also, not the MK11. So mine is the same as yours. I do have the V-Cap mod as per (Salvatore)sp? When I first fired up the speakers they sounded very dis-jointed. Like two different speakers in one box competing against each other. As they are starting to break in the drivers are beginning to gel with each other. Only have about 25 hrs on them. Plus, my dedicated basement  room is acoustically cursed. I have been working on it for years. It keeps getting better. I was almost ready to call in a Shaman or have an exorcism or something but instead I ripped out the drop ceiling, exposing the floor joist and this has partially appeased the acoustical gods for the time being.

greg22lz
176 posts
 
kdude66,
Uhh, that was a rhetorical statement on my part. I knew in the first minute as well. The DI's kind of propel one to make tweaks for even more engaging sound especially since one can hear every little change. That is what makes it fun!
Greg

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