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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
aniwolfe
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@thompsontechs

I have the WE cables Grannyring is referring to. Its hooked to the 2170 and the Tekton Electrons. I will tell you that it is the warmest, most natural system I have put together. You just need to be patient. Lots of burn in time. Over 200 hours in my experience. If you have the right quality ingredients surrounding the 2170 and the Tektons, it can be a system that will be very engaging to listen to for many hours at a time.
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grannyring
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Not aware of and cannot find this NEW WE cable you say is being sold?
david_ten
2,509 posts
 
@thompsontechs Congratulations on experiencing "magic".......

The DI and [2170] are magic, I sat there last night grinning like a fool
mofojo
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The Zero Fidelity youtube guy has another video on the DIs. He mentions that they have semi recently had a minor voice change. I believe it was something like a 2db drop around 1000hz. He had a resistor on an alligator clip guessing was sent by Tekton. Anyone know anything about this? 
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grannyring
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Yes. Add a 15 ohm resistor across the two 6 inch midrange drivers. . One 15 ohm resistor placed in each speaker. It needs to be placed in parallel to the 68uf shunt capacitor. The resistor should be at least 10 watts.

You will need to access the crossover board behind the tweeter array and solder it in parallel to that 68uf electrolytic Capacitor. Not easy.

Newer DIs have this resistor already. Not sure the date the builder starting adding these parallel resistors. My speakers were made in August and did not have them. I very much liked the result finding the speaker was more cohesive and smooth. Smoothness and a wonderful cohesiveness was readily noticeable. My wife did a blind a/b with the resistor in and out and MUCH preferred the sound with the resistor in place. Same with me. Not a slight difference, but one you will hear right away. My crossover is outboard so I could easily compare with the resistor in and out of the circuit. The sonic improvement was so enjoyable for us that I soldered in the Duelund 15 ohm resistor in short order. 

Dont use a cheap sand cast resistor IMHO. Parts in parallel crossover positions also matter. I used a nice Duelund CAST. You could also use Mills MRA12 resistors at just $4 each.


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