Tekton Double Impacts

I know this sounds silly, so be it.  I haven't seen the speakers except in pictures, and it looks huge.  If a foot smaller I would have already bought a pair.  Size matters sometimes.  How did you manage to not have it overwhelm your room, or is it in a dedicated music room?  Don't take this the wrong way, I am still really interested in the speaker.

jetter, they're pretty big but I don't consider them massive. I had them in my 20x15x8 family until building the dedicated listening room and while they definately stood out they didn't totally dominate. The wife even got used to them.....and that's saying a lot! The problem is if they were a foot smaller they wouldn't be DI's anymore :) The Enzo XL or Enzo are shorter and sound great but aren't up to par with the DI's. I went with Mercedes Diamond Black which makes them appear a bit smaller. 

Jetter- 

Since the DI's are too big look at our Brilliance model. It is an absolute slice of heaven and I created it for those needing a smaller sized loudspeaker. Rick Becker at Enjoythemusic.com is reviewing this model and he received his pair yesterday.

By the way... I don't buy into a speaker being too big for a room. Any larger speaker can be imposing visually in a small room. However, a small room with a well-engineered absorption coefficient can sound amazing.     

Eric Alexander 

Hi mac48025!  

We are still discussing with Tekton on the upgrades...and will share when we have the details (which should be next week).  After we have the details we can finalize the price. I know you were just guessing, but it will be MUCH less than the $30k that you mentioned. This will be a nice upgrade and still be priced so most audio enthusiasts can afford it.

Thanks!
Mike
Audio Archon
Note - We are a dealer ;o)

Hi Mike,

I had a conversation with Eric regarding your very positive comments about the performance of the DI speakers at my home and in Allan's listening room.  He was also aware of our respectful disagreement concerning were the DI speakers place in the pantheon of reference speakers, including your pair of series-1 Wilson Sasha speakers.

If the readers of this thread don't know already, you are Mike Wright, staff reviewer for the Stereo Times website.  In my humble opinion, your one of the best and brightest writers on that website.

So here's the "challenge" we came up with that would be a lot of fun and at the same time be very informative for the Audiogon members.  As soon as I get my pair of up-graded DI speakers that I purchased (about two or three weeks) I'll make arrangements to get the audition pair of the basic DI's to your house so you can with your own gear, music, and acoustic space make a side by side comparison of the DI and your Sasha speakers.  Maybe, you can talk to your editor, Mr. Perry, if he would be interested in having you do a formal review for Stereo Times.  If not, at least you could share your experience here on Audiogon. I'll do all the heavy lifting to get them to your house, you just have the fun of hearing what you think of their performance when you get them in your own environment.  I believe this would be very interesting  experience to see what your conclusion would be comparing a $3,000.00 speaker to a speaker that retails for over $25,000.00 when you can spend time listening to it on your own home turf!  

Let me know if you accept this good natured "challenge"

Thanks, Teajay