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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

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bullbuchanan
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@david_ten @Kristofa @corelli

Thanks for the great feedback.

I’m well aware that an AVR is not the best possible solution, but unfortunately my setup resides in the living room, which the Mrs usually occupies, so a dedicated 2 channel amp hasn’t been a huge priority. Most of my listening gets done on headphones these days.
bullbuchanan
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Sorry to necro this thread, but I'm curious how important amplification is here. Is anyone powering these off an AVR? I have a line on a set of DI's locally, but if I'd be wasting my money without upgrading my amplifier, I'd really like to know upfront.

I power my system off a Pioneer Elite SC-27 that uses ICE amps. I'm generally pretty partial to class D. My next move is likely moving to a Hypex NCore amp, but I'm not quite ready to do that yet.
bullbuchanan
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I ended up pulling the trigger on these and I'm really glad I did. They're easily the best speakers I've ever heard, and I haven't even started to do measurements or dial things in yet. Granted, these are also the most expensive speakers I've owned, so I can't compare them to much higher end stuff.

Can anyone recommend a good value center channel to pair with these? I'm using them for HT duty as part of a 3.1 setup in addition to stereo, but I can't justify getting one of the wide centers for 3/4 of the price I paid for the DIs just to handle dialogue.

I'm using a JBL Studio 130 right now, and it makes everything sound a bit muddy probably due to how dynamic the Di's are and also the difference in a 88db vs 98db sensitivity. I'm wondering if one of the klipsch RP line might work as they come in at 97db.

 
bullbuchanan
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With tax it's closer to $1250 which for me just seems like a lot of scratch just to handle dialogue. It's especially true since I'm only into the DIs for $2k. I'm also super skeptical it could make as much of a difference as the full towers.
bullbuchanan
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I just rolled through some demos using a phantom image with the DI’s. While it did offer better integration, and the muddiness was gone, there are some drawbacks. I felt like now the dialogue sat a lot deeper in the mix instead of being more out in front and the soundstage was also quite reduced with the left and right now responsible for imaging across the whole width instead the edges. I guess I mean to say it sounded more natural, but also less dynamic and more confined.

Of course, this was limited viewing of some scenes from John Wick 3 and a full episode of the Mandalorian, so I’ll give myself some time to adjust and see what happens. I ran with a phantom center a couple years ago, but eventually went back to the dedicated channel.
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