The owner of the speaker company made big issue out of it. I had also experienced a prior improvement in clarity and soundstaging by re-terminating the speaker cables to eliminate signal-thru-solder. Sheesh. Well, that is an understatement. Every day while sitting at work I cant wait to get home to throw on a record and experience it in a whole new way! Add to these virtues the fact that few other moderately priced audiophile speakers can play so loud without distortion. Not bad on a limited budget. ", "The level of detail without any edge or fatigue is amazing. Like most who are interested in audiophile accoutrements, I have had the chance to listen to some very expensive systems in my time and plenty of cheap ones too. It's a three-way bass-reflex design with a rear-firing port that loads two 6.5" mid/bass drivers and, yup, seven 1" fabric-dome tweeters. Few speakers can play every musical genre with the Impact's level of ease, acuity, and, uh . I cant explain better other than to say, that when I listen to music and close my eyes, I can easily transcend to the source and even walk around the stage while the musicians play. Where the Olympica Nova I and 805 D3 did pull ahead was in terms of bass definition (more on that below). Out of the box, the DIs were insanely amazing. ". If I cant tell what mouthwash the performers use than the speaker isnt transparent. Oh, and yes, all the dynamic slam one could ask for. These impact monitors sound awesome! These speakers are more like a wide open window; no glass. Some people say that digital source makes no sonic difference: Its all 1s and 0s. My amp is a PrimaLuna EVO 300. "The Impact Monitor cabinet material is high-quality MDF," replied. If you are looking to pick fault with Tekton, you might say that the cabinets aren't as nice as the . The detail of these speakers make all my music sources sound like Im listening to them for the first time. Listening to my music through your newly designed speakers has made my library anew since I am hearing things that have been there all along but I never heard. While I wont claim that these $2,000 monitors can hang with the Nagra, VTL, Wilson XVX; or Audio Research, Sonus faber Il Cremonese; or McIntosh, Bowers and Wilkins $60k Nautilus shells systems I heard in demo rooms (because they cant) I will say they outright trounce the Wilson TuneTot, Sonus faber Sonetto II and Olympica Nova I, and any B&W stand-mounter (though Ive only heard up to the 805 D3, not the new 805 D4). Words cannot describe my excitement and elation. ", "You immediately hear the large soundstage of the Tektons. Rather, it is a reference-level speaker that will compete and actually out-class the performance of some other speakers costing thousands of dollars more, from some of the most trusted names in speakers. Tekton is the real deal and TOTALLY worth the wait. I have the older, sealed 212HT-LP models, but the current 212HTR run $3300 each. While looking for speakers that would not cost an arm and a leg, I auditioned the Paradigm S8, Monitor audio Platinum series, SVS Prime ultra and Martin Logan classic and finally decided The Impact Monitor has become my new reference speaker for my second system in a smaller acoustic space. These have just blown me away and I have to say that the more I listen I have to say that there is nothing I heard at The RMAF that I would swap out for my Double Impacts. Edit: This might be a good time for a quick historical overview of hardware quality and work ethic. The bass sound seems very flat, especially at low to normal listening levels. I also feel that given the size of the Impact Monitors on a stand, and that the Electron SE have the same footprint on the floor with two additional 8 woofers that they might have been a better choice. impact. Music is a big picture experience, and your speakers get it right. I showed my wife and she said No fuckin way. I hear the music. Unfortunately, for me, another thought is, what would the experience be like if I listened to one of your upgrade speakers? For now, I will set this thought aside, appreciate what is in front of me and continue enjoying the music. I have been listening in stereo and the DIs have exceeded my expectations even though you told me how good they were. I also think thats why those super-expensive systems mentioned above are so amazing they do perfect tone and musicality at massive scale if you can afford it, which unfortunately I cant. These are absolutely incredible. I stopped at a Golden ear / Revel dealer on the way up and spent an hour listening to both brands, (very different from each other), and in my opinion were both just poorly paired with electronics for my taste. #1. ..hasnt McIntosh been doing this for decades? Best $2000 I have ever spent. ", "Make no mistake, the Tekton Design DIs are among the best loudspeakers I have heard in my home, regardless of price. In closing, the Impact Monitors are a really good, enjoyable speaker that have brought my family, friends, and I many hours of enjoyment. Don't get me wrong I know people out there love them, I'm not saying they are wrong, but if you like how Klipsch speakers sound I think you quite likely not to like much else/. Sine wave tests with a decibel meter show a startlingly flat bass response at my seating position even though the back of the speakers are 10 inches from the back wall. Rated 4.80 out of 5 based on 5 customer ratings. Only have about 20 hours on them so far, but I am completely blown away! My patience has paid off!!! Something didnt add up. I will not name brands as that just is not my style. Thisarray disperses aprecisely focused acoustical powerpatternof that of a horn or waveguide withoutthe audible ringinginfluence of hornflare walls constraining the soundwavefor acoustically superior mid-rangehigh frequency performance, 4 Ohm design for optimum performance (8 Ohm available please inquire), Height 24.5x Width 10.125 x Depth 13.0. Is this a killer speaker for smaller rooms? If I had $10k for desktop speakers, those would be it but they didnt fit the bill for main-system speakers. The Cardas inputs are a nice touch. True. Ive been listening to the Double Impacts for about a month now and am impressed with how they sound. Well, Id like to meet those people. I can tell you that the prettier stuff mentioned above will give up quite a bit of sound quality in the mid-range and every bit of scale to the Impact Monitors though. Their high efficiency and the ability to push more air seems like these could be a good speaker for . Impact Monitor. Aside from the fact that the poor delivery driver had quite the task carrying five large 40lb boxes to the front door from the street, its nothing but love for these Impact monitors. They are a stunning achievement in speaker design. Stonehenge tweeters & Orange seem at odds. Kinda looks like "Cyclops" :-) . there ain't no dam chinesium in any of this outfit's products. I just happen to think theyre that incredible.Clement Perry, Stereotimes, Moab delivers horn-like transient velocity without the colorations or distortions of horns. There is no contest here in terms of mid-range sound and scale of presentation. to go with the Paradigm S8, but while looking for good deals I read a review about the GoldenEar Triton 1s. This version of the Perfect SET includes two 12" transducers. Ive owned B&W 804 (mains), HTM3s (center) and CM5 (rear) for the past 13 years and loved the signature B&W sound. I believe vertical and horizontal symmetry produce a superior overall sound quality.". In Apple's case for example, large-scale Chinese manufacturing and the legendary iron-fisted dominance of Steve Jobs turned what could have been tons and tons of schlock into a wealth of useful and durable products. I attribute it to my room. That said, once again I am fortunate to have an increased hobby budget, and am considering upgrading to the Electron SE or Double Impact SE to get better bass with the same mid-range and highs I have come to enjoy from the Tekton house sound. Thanks to Eric for not only making such musically real sounding speakers, but for doing so at prices that are not only affordable but at a mere fraction of what youd have to spend to match them, Your email address will not be published. Ive had this music for 30 years and I heard things in this recording that Ive never heard before. Even at a cost no object all the way up to the names of Tidal, Wilson, and other exotic stuff that cost more than my house and I cant pronounce, I still want the DIs because they make music fun!!!!!!! I work in audio and am a musician and long time audioholic. The downfall of many large planars and boxes is that they enlarge/bloat the size of individual images. They had no presence and above all were not at all exciting and I played everything on them from Bachs Goldberg Variations, Scarlatti piano sonatas, BB King with a full horn selection, Bill Evans, Mozarts symphony #41 in C major, even some rap, my whole playlist plus a bunch of CDs. In my small apartment, the Tekton Impact Monitors, in their High Gloss black finish, looked much bigger than they had at RMAF 2017. To say that I have become enamored of them would be only half the truth. I own Double Impacts. ", "You get the speed and velocity normally only found in horn speakers, which gives you the sense of aliveness of real music, without the colorations of those designs. and bought a pair of up-graded Double Impact Speakers. Tekton's Impact Monitor is just under two cubic feet in volume, but right out of the box, sitting on Sound Anchor stands, the pair of them filled my 1400-cubic-foot room like much bigger speakers. Everyone tends to love their new stuff during the honeymoon phase, but this is just different. They are really fun speakers for sure. The cabinets are rock solid and clean, though with the flat dark grey paint are fairly plain looking. By and large, you pays your money and you takes your choices, but it's good to know which companies make high-quality products, the era in which those are produced, and the backgrounds that lead to such things. Nothing is as good as a live performance but this is as close as Ive heard and thats the best compliment I can give to a speaker. 4 Ohm design for optimum performance - 8 Ohm & 2 Ohm Double Impact option. Numerous friends and family say how good they are. Applicable onOrders above Rs. . Progressive? The build quality is awesome too, so sturdy and solid. It is clean, powerful and articulate. They werent complex sounding, lacked bass and highs and completely lacked definition. Thanks so much for providing these tremendous offerings at prices that mere mortals can still afford!!! My wife comes down stairs remarking on how good it sounds upstairs at the end of the hallway. When the loudspeaker system receives frequencies wavelength shorter than the distance between the tweeters' centers, we transfer the power to the center tweeter. Email. The global supply chain is a mess now, and Covid is not making it better. That said, I can crank the hell out of Credence Clearwater Revival, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, INXS, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, etc. After about 10 songs from various artists that I picked from a crate full of Erics CDs I knew I found what I was looking for. A friend convinced me that the Magneplanar 1.7is were a must have. Raven Audio voices their amps using Legacy Audio speakers and they offered me a deal on their show demo models and I thought this would be the last speakers Id ever buy. I have been a music lover for some 56 years since I was 10 years old so I have quite an extensive and eclectic library of music. for the last 6 years. The Tekton Design 'Perfect SET' delivers the sharp clean bass, rich fidelity, and accuracy that escapes the decades-old, obsolete classic full-range/high-efficiency horn loudspeaker. The Double Impact SE are bit bigger, but may be the last pair I need to buy. I haven't heard the Tekton speakers, but I can certainly vouch for the JTR 212`s. When I admitted that this shocked me and that I still didn't understand, Alexander continued: "Some of the magic of our patented seven-tweeter polycell array is the dramatically reduced system moving mass and its power-handling capabilities. The speakers are connected to a Willensenton R8 Tube . The Eagles farewell tour on Blu-ray went from being very good sonically to just plain out of this world. The bass is taut and textured and fills my rather large open floor plan downstairs. I feel I have found the perfect speaker for me. "The moving mass (the string weight) for the violin note 440Hz is 1/3gm. "The seven tweeters are oriented in what I call a 'polycell array.' var el = document.getElementById( 'cp-no-js-msg' ); Then in 1985, HP introduced IBM compatibles, and their quality dropped like a stone. "The Impact Monitor is an all-roundera loudspeaker capable of satisfying many serious audiophiles, dance-partygoers, and record collectors. My only constructive criticism of your initial review is that they made have needed substantial break in time. At extremely high volumes (101 dB) they are clean and nice with no harshness. The Tekton Moabs are going to be designed for bigger rooms than the double impact and the se is just a better double impact with higher quality components. Expect sound like Wilsons, Focals and Magico for 1/10 of the price. and the Impact Monitor tops them all. So we will see what happens. Trump? Thats a really lousy experience. Comb filtering in the array is addressed and mitigated by transitioning higher frequencies to the single center tweeterit acts as a supertweeter. Double Impact SE. Bi-amplification adds support for dual amplifiers. Report Comment. . Billy Preston :-) . What phraseology, it takes my mind and imagination to Schonbek Silver Chandeliers in Clear Swarovski. They made copious bass with force and power. Youre always welcome in Gillette WY if you are ever passing though!!! The 6.5" woofers handle frequencies below 1kHz, and the seven-tweeter polycell array handles frequencies above 1kHz. It is no secret Tekton Design hangs its hat on affordable hi-fi. The clarity and details are ahead in the Tektons. But again, 99% of the time this is not a problem. But I would say your description sounds like that of $300 speakers being sold as High end. Tekton Double Impact Be vs. Focal Sopra No.3 A True Contest. They filled my room with such beautiful music I soon converted to mostly two channel listening. Im spellbound. The behavior of the people at the company really sound strange. They really do seem to be endgame speakers, for HT anyway - I`m 100% movies for my use. After about 15 hrs on the DIs I sat down for some serious listening, and blown away is an Share. ", " want to be very clear that the Double Impact is not just a great speaker at its very reasonable price. If I turn it down to night listening levels the problem goes away, but for someone who has come to enjoy scale this is a bit annoying. Far as I can tell , Tekton double impact speakers are most reviewed and best selling. Back to the Double Impacts.I have been listening in stereo only. forget that.THESE ARE FUN!!!! Everythingsounds large whereas Moab scales down for intimate music and up for large ensembles.Terry London, 6 moons. If you spend your time analyzing the minuscule details of music you miss the big picture. Thanks again for the excellent service. I was their head designer for 5 years and we were a dealer for Thiel, James, Totem, Velodyne, and many many others. ", "It was not subtle. JavaScript must be supported by your browser and needs to be enabled in order to view this page. ), According to Eric Alexander, "The woofers are lightweight, natural-fiber, pulp-based cones that include papyrus fibers to aid in rigidity. Eventually I will. Here is a list of some of my past speakers to help you with my point of reference. They disappear. I would think that your doors are being beaten down by audio shops that want to carry your line. This system produced some sweet music. Like a lot of other speakers at the show. My next call was to Eric to order a pair of Pendragons.until he told me about a new speaker coming up and that I could buy the very first pair made..the Double Impacts. US Audio Mart . 4 minutes ago, PhilBarone said: VTI AV Rack BL304GB Thinking that it was my mind, I let the DIs run on its own, went back and listened to the same tracks on the GE Triton 7s But I cant hear the speakers. Ive sold my entire 5.1 system and will be listening to the DIs in stereo only. Don't believe the reviews. Very modest in comparison to the shops Ive been in. Only thing I disliked about them was that they are active speakers. These are good speakers, but there are better choices to be made, not Tekton. Always with a cautious mind, thinking that the hype may be greater than the reality. The midrange is glorious, deserving more words than I can write here. That was then. So, I wrote several comments on YouTube and Eric commented back saying that something was wrong and to call him which I did and I found him very, very defensive as if I personally insulted him. Our Ulfberht model incorporates 15 powerful tweeters in a focused array effortlessly digging down to 200Hz!". Over and over, with all kinds of genres, the sound has so much there-ness that the experience is visceral and emotional. . My Eyes are demanding a Grill ( or at least requesting less impact ). After a month with them I couldnt be more pleased and these are my speakers for life, unless Eric comes up with something even better! Otherwise this could at best be called a two and a half way. Now, according to Ron, this is where things went south, and where he makes an admission. The array of seven handles high output levels flawlessly. What gives? The Dunlavys alone would cost $42,000. As the Double Impacts have broken in, I have been continuously and increasingly astonished at their natural and ghostly-holographic sound. Your email address will not be published. firedog. CEO/designer Eric Alexander has built a reputation for creating different floorstanding and stand-mounted speakers that deliver performance much higher than other speakers in their price . Upon leaving I called Tekton with about 2 hours of advance notice, which I dont recommend (later), and I was met with an extremely pleasant welcoming experience. And I do thoroughly enjoy listening to these for hours on end! VTI VSP Series 24 in. The KEF Blade ($32,000) being referenced a few times. I cant help but giggle at her. Ive found a new enjoyment of listening at low volumes, as I can still hear all the dynamics in the music! The Double Impacts make me feel set for life after 30 years of audiophile pursuits. I have tried close to a dozen other speaker brands (Klipsch, Martin Logan, B&W, JBL, Monitor Audio, Tannoy, etc.) http://www.tektondesign.com/images/Double%20Impact.pdf When the violin note 440Hz is played, it produces many discernible higher-frequency overtones and harmonics, [but] when played back [those are] all lumped up as a single resultant wave; this is how the amplifier sees it and feeds it to the loudspeaker. In my opinion these speakers are revealing of associated audio components. LOL. Holy Smokes! The first thing that it reminded me of was the Wilson Alexandria X-2 that I had a chance to listen to while auditioning for my 804. A notable achievement, worthy of both review and acclaim. Sitting about 15 feet away. 98.82dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity. "It was not subtle. Last year and this year (2019) I actively sought out the Tektons in the various rooms of RMAF, based on the gushing reviews by certain people at this publication and CNET. One must exercise considerable patience. Speakers: Tekton Perfect SET 15, Tekton Lore, Magneplaner .7 Interconnects: Morrow Audio MA1, Vermouth Audio Black Pearl, Audioquest Evergreen
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