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| Tekton Double Impacts Hi Charles, et al.Well, nothing is ever easy in audio, is it? I have been spending quite a bit of time comparing the Daedalus and Tekton speakers, and my feelings have sort of evolved, I guess. When I first put back in the Daedalus speakers after ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks, Kenny. I am indeed having a blast with these speakers. I have had audiophile speakers that sounded great with audiophile music, but completely inadequate with good old fashioned rock and roll music and other "mortal" recordings. Now, the D... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Greetings, all.I have now had the Double Impacts for a couple of weeks and have between 50-60 hours on them. Speaking of Line Magnetic amps, I am driving my DIs with the 508ia integrated and can report without reservations that it is a spectacular... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Charles, when the family is around, I generally listen at a moderate level, which barely moves the needle on the meter on my 508 at all. When they are out, I will let it rip, but this amp and these speakers excel at any listening level, which I ha... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Corelli, et al--They are sounding terrific. I just finished up the last week of a particularly grueling semester (I'm a college English teacher), so my listening time this week has been somewhat limited. I probably have somewhere between 20-30 hou... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? For a lot of us, once you go tubes, there is no turning back. I made the foolish mistake a couple or three years ago of getting rid of all my tube gear and buying a Devialet--which is an attractive, very "nice" sounding, user friendly, all-in-one ... | |
| 80's iconic artists Agree on Sarah Jarosz. Love her records, and finally got to see her perform a couple of weeks ago at Merlefest in Wilkes County, NC. Wonderful set.As far as iconic 80s bands (in addition to those already named), what about the Replacements, Sonic ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Yes, there is more discussion of the 508 over at Audio shark, as Charles stated. In fact, some of the folks there actually heard the 508 compared to both the 518 and 219 and posted some very interesting impressions. It is an informative and insigh... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks again, guys. I am looking forward to the comparison. Though I understand from many of you that the Tektons sound good right out of the box, my experience with new speakers is that they take anywhere from 50-100 hours--or even more--to fully... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks, guys. I think it will be an interesting contrast. I certainly agree that the Daedalus are special, and I could (and may) certainly live with them the rest of my days.On the other hand, I am intrigued by the Double Impacts and feel that it ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Just a quick update for anyone who may be interested. I ordered the Double Impacts exactly two weeks ago today in charcoal gray with the upgrade package, and they shipped yesterday and will arrive on Monday. Needless to say, I am delighted with th... | |
| “Invest” in Tekton? My two cents...You want system balance. Regardless of how good the speakers are, they are only going to sound as good as the rest of your system permits. You might be better off getting some Tektons a bit lower in the food chain and using the bal... | |
| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? Facten,Yes, I sure did. I thought the cost of the upgrade made it well worth trying.It is true that the Daedalus speakers are just beautiful to look at, as well as to listen through. I am at place in my life--with two children bearing down on coll... | |
| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? Hi Charles,I just couldn't resist trying the DI speakers, as much as I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy my Ulysses speakers. I'm sort of playing a hunch, I guess. I have some time off on the horizon, so this is an ideal time for me to audition n... | |
| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? Paul,I have the LM 508 integrated and will very soon be auditioning the Double Impact speakers. I'll report back with some impressions once I take delivery. I ordered them last Wednesday, and Eric said then it would only take "a few days" to make ... |