Which 30K Speakers Would You Give Up For Tekton Double Impacts?

Well I sold speakers with a retail price of $22,000 for them.  AZ Crescendo. Not quite $30,000 retail, but I think this stills falls within your post’s intent. Thanks. 

Goodness sound only as the DIs are not good looking speakers. I have owned other speakers like Soundlab M1s, Harbeth 40.1, Coincident Total Victory II, Lahave Audio $18,000 speakers, and many others.The DI is in that league and better in many respects.

Two factors are at play here for sure. These speakers do take all of 400 - 500 hours to burn in and sound their best. Many don’t believe in the notion of burn-in and some that do think the improvement will only be slight. The fact is these speakers do require break-in and the end result is a more refined and natural sounding speaker. The difference is real and noticable. Sometimes we audiophiles need to be patient, yes including myself! 

Second, one cannot just plop these down and hook up your gear and expect sonic nirvana. Some may not agree with with me, but I do think the DI is a tad fussy with what is ahead of it. Great system synergy, using the gear and room one already has, is not automatic nor universal. Some will need to tune their systems/rooms to get the most out of this speaker.

Both of these factors do account count for some of the less than positive comments.

Lastly, well what sounds good to a person is very subjective. No speaker will please everyone.

The DIs and SEs do work with many different amps due to their high efficiency. So while the universe of amps that can be used is pretty wide, synergy and dialing in a complete system/room takes time.

Well they do sound pretty good out of the box in a well matched system and room. The additional hours do nothing but help. For some of us it’s that improved tonality and openness etc....that makes all the difference. I suppose to others these burn-in gains are not as dramatic or important. Again, even this is quite subjective.

Have you heard the DIs in your room?