Tekton Double Impacts

kalali, my ears tell me all these drivers crossover at  relatively low frequencies.  The tweeter array is key to the performance I hear.  Given SIX tweeters (only the center tweeter handles the highest octaves), you can really increase power handling and afford to crossover so low.  This means you in fact do have very low mass drivers covering the midrange.   A further advantage is that the array controls the dispersion of sound (more direct and less reflected sound is the result).  All of this translates into a lot of delicate detail to my ears. The other drivers are not asked to go very high, so I can respect the notion that for a given frequency the moving mass of the driver is relatively low.

Before I received these speakers, I was a bit skeptical about some of Eric's hype.  Not anymore. 

teajay, I must admit that ever since getting the DI's I've been listening to a lot more live music. These great speakers have the uncanny ability of placing you at the venue. I can't wait to add the LTA MZ2-S and ZOTL 40 to my system to make it even more real sounding. I just ordered The Cure to add to my collection. Here are some very well recorded live albums others might like: 

Holly Cole: Steal The Night
Cowboy Junkies: Trinity Revisited
The Wailin' Jenny's: Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House
Morgan James: Live
 Nils Lofgren: Acoustic Live 

I look forward to reading your DI review tomorrow.

Great observation corelli, I have no idea how the new patent works but your explanation makes a lot of sense. I thought the pre patent Tektons sounded great but the DI is so differant from the Enzo there were too many variables for me to attribute any specific improvement to the new patent. The 7 tweeter array while unconventional is amazing. Maybe future DI's will have a super tweeter in the middle like the 1812. 

I'm wondering the sound difference between the DI's and the brilliance. Looking at the Brilliance,due to its smaller footprint.

What a great day
--DI music fest with coffee
--Wolverines to sweet 16
--30 mile bike ride on a sunny Michigan spring day
--Now vino and another DI music fest.  Does it get any better?!?!

Do a lot of thinking while I bike.  One other thing I forget to mention was that the DI tweeter array also functions as a point source for many octaves of coverage.  Maybe just one other reason it sounds so right.  Many designers have used various tweeter arrays, but this one is special.

Thanks mac for suggestions on favorite recordings. It's always fun to find new, great performances.

giantsalami, wish I could help you but this is the first Teckton speaker I've had the pleasure of experiencing.

Sure it can get better corelli.....the Spartans could win also! Great win for UofM.

The new Enzo's have the same 7 tweeter array, a great choice if you don't the space for the DI's.

Giantsalami, I was told by Eric that the DI is much more refined than the Pendragon. He said the DI blows the Pendragon away but that doesn't mean the Pendragon might not be preferable to you. If you look at teajay's post above he doesn't like the Pendragon but loves the DI. I'm surprised by that as the Pendragons have been widely praised for years. I can say I had the Enzo's before getting the DI's and while I thought the same Enzo's were amazing the DI takes things to a whole new level.