But I would say your description sounds like that of $300 speakers being sold as High end. to go with the Paradigm S8, but while looking for good deals I read a review about the GoldenEar Triton 1s. The twilight zone? The sound was 3D in nature. Two weeks went buy and I called and spoke to a very nice women named Connie at which time she told me that theyd be shipping out in a few days and I did receive them a few days later by which I was very excited. Just this week I switched from a Sony Blu-ray transport to a server, using Exact Audio Copy to ensure perfect digital data transfer onto the hard drive. Tekton Moab owner here - I took the plunge and bought a new pair sound-unheard. For one, there were wayyyyy to many models of loudspeaker. I cannot fathom how you have done it. While the others were prettier to look at (Olympica Nova I) and the Wilson build quality was insane for a small monitor, the overall sound of the Impact Monitors was just better in my opinion. I joined the Tekton FB group and it just beat me over the head with bullshit. Tekton's new Double Impact speaker features a patented design that uses 11 drivers in a four-way configuration. . 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. The TuneTot was clean to perfect musically and tonally, but gets easily swallowed up even in a small listening room. The only caveat regarding the Double Impacts is that they will reveal deficiencies your upstream components. ", " want to be very clear that the Double Impact is not just a great speaker at its very reasonable price. As my hobby budget increased I upgraded from a pair of GoldenEar Aon2 stand-mounters to the Impact Monitors no contest its night and day and I am really happy. TEKTON DESIGN Impact Monitor & Free Shipping. Pianos are tough to get right, but the Impact Monitors nailed the percussive transients and full tonality of Milcho Leviev's astonishing Man From Plovdiv solo piano CD. . Back to the Tekton. 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. What zone are you in? I had a feeling that I should have gotten the SE, based on what i have experienced with the double impacts I am confident that the SE would certainly be worth the upgrade. Highly recommended without reservation. This pretty much cured the boom, but my room is only 11' deephaving the speakers more than a yard from the wall put my ears about 6' from the speakers' baffles. The reason is now obvious for the rave magazine reviews of the Double Impacts. I am a musician of many years and was responsible for making some really great players sax mouthpieces which I did for almost four decades and I also have my own line of saxophones for what that's worth. Now, according to Ron, this is where things went south, and where he makes an admission. I already look forward to going up the product line at some point in the future. Expect sound like Wilsons, Focals and Magico for 1/10 of the price. I wish you continued success with the company. The best thing I can say about them is that I really like them and hope that your company does well, so that more products like the Double Impacts will be available to us all. But I did research thoroughly, and paid a lot of attention to reviews of the double impact. This system produced some sweet music. Where I discovered that, unlike my assorted LS3/5a variants, Tekton's big boxes aren't really suited for nearfield listening. Perfect SET. Either there's an equipment problem or a setup problem, because I could never describe them that way. The [$2000/pair] Tekton Impact Monitors were doing it all: singing, drumming, shaking the air, drawing me in, and making every CD or LP pure pleasure to listen to. The Double Impacts make me feel set for life after 30 years of audiophile pursuits. Im spellbound. I had frustrated artists syndrome myself so I know it when I see it. Im about 40 hours in and these things get better each day! detail or accuracy. I am in audio nirvana and wont be leaving the couch much today. They weren't even taking requests in the Tekton rooms, just playing a canned set so they should have sounded impressive. I have had the Double Impact Monitors for over two years now and put some quality listening time on them. There is no contest here in terms of mid-range sound and scale of presentation. In closing, the Impact Monitors are a really good, enjoyable speaker that have brought my family, friends, and I many hours of enjoyment. After two years of listening to these properly set up in a treated room other speakers (in the $1k $5k price range) just sound thin. Is this a killer speaker for smaller rooms? ", "The Double Impact is not just a great speaker at its very reasonable price. el.innerHTML = "Loading"; This search started in 1980 as a college student with my first system consisting of a NAD receiver, Genesis speakers with a Dual turntable. Bi-amplification adds support for dual amplifiers. This is an example from B&W: The bass is the best I have ever heard and its not even close. "[] these are my new references. Ordering the Tekton MOAB Speakers Ordering the Tekton MOAB Speakers was one of the most pleasant experiences of purchasing a big ticket item. Very modest in comparison to the shops Ive been in. ( I can easily forgive 'em for bee-n mormons if that's what they are ). One reviewer said something like that they were worth speakers costing more than ten thousand dollars and another one said that some audiophiles were trading in their THIRTY-thousand-dollar speakers for the Double Impacts. Imagine a gentle but guiding touch with a most perfect sparkleand then firm and impactful when necessary. . 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. Share this post. For now, that would take away from listening time. Tekton design makes audiophile/hifi speakers like the Tekton double impact and Pendragon that sound high-end without the frills associated with high-end spea. Tekton Design Impact Monitors ($2,000 per pair) (Read our review) Tekton Design makes some of the most dynamic, easiest-to-drive speakers with a patented midrange driver system that is possibly . Kinda looks like "Cyclops" :-) . there ain't no dam chinesium in any of this outfit's products. Designed and hand-crafted in Orem, Utah, the Tekton is a fairly large speaker measuring 24.5 x 10.1 x 13 inches. Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 5 customer ratings. They raised the sonic level of all my recordings. Eric, i received my double impacts today and I am amazed. The Impact Monitors treated vocals well, they sounded full bodied and natural, so soul singer Macy Gray all but materialized between the two speakers. I also, mentioned another option like acoustic suspension (closed box) design . Another possible solution could be using a separate subwoofer and take away the bass duties from these (book shelf type of) speakers. Then I remembered: I'd thought the same thing about Tekton's floorstanding, three-tweeter, Enzo XL, which I reviewed in the April 2015 issue. 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. Bass response was simply superb, as was the speaker's ability to really load the room with a deep visceral impact. From real instruments to electronic music, everything just sounded. Was in listening heaven. Coupon codeUse code "QUICKSALE". My amp is a PrimaLuna EVO 300. Thank you for the work you have done and the resulting product. I want to leave you guys (Eric and Karma) with a few words of my feelings toward the Double Impact speakers. var el = document.getElementById( 'cp-no-js-msg' ); Each day I become more enthusiastic, assured about my decision and believing that I have found a musical median that I will hold on for many years. Incredible. I think you know what Im talking about! 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! 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. I am also enamored of Eric's conscious decision to make products centered on music lovers who happen to not be millionaires. Tonearm Cable: Kimber Kable Specialty TAKCU 0.5M WBT-0114Cu WBT-0114Cu WBT 114Cu RCA When I didnt receive any tracking info I emailed and received a response saying that they were waiting on parts and that it would be another two weeks. Words cannot describe my excitement and elation. When I called 801-836-0764, Mr. Eric Alexander, President & CEO of Tekton Design answered the call and had his assistant Karma take down the details. Terry London, 6 moons. For example: when the average, single-motor, 6" cone midrange with a BL (the strength of its magnetic motor) of 47Tm (Tesla meters), driving a moving mass of 1020gm, is compared to our polycell-arranged tweeters producing midrange frequencies through seven individual motors, each having a BL of 1.8Tm [and] driving a moving mass of only 1/3gm, we discern an audible improvement.". / pair. / pair. You play piano on this speaker, it feels like a piano. ", Proprietary controlled directivity acoustically superior proprietary polygon-oriented, seven ring radiator mid/high frequency array. Where the Olympica Nova I and 805 D3 did pull ahead was in terms of bass definition (more on that below). Today I put in the Jerry Garcia Band Live douuble CD(flac). 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. Phew. I started with HP proprietary computers several years before IBM entered the PC business. You bet it is. 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. . Billy Preston :-) . What phraseology, it takes my mind and imagination to Schonbek Silver Chandeliers in Clear Swarovski. speakers were. I'm looking for monitors, and from the reviews I've been able to find, they seem unbeatable at that price point. The presentation is forward and very live sounding", "The Double Impact has a dry hit. Thanks for making these incredible speakers, and for selling them at such a reasonable price point! Of course separate subwoofer costs extra money. JavaScript must be supported by your browser and needs to be enabled in order to view this page. I didnt have to win the lottery to finally achieve my goal of re-experiencing the jaw-dropping sound of that crazy-dollar system from 1998. Maybe Tekton should consider employing the same method. Ive had this music for 30 years and I heard things in this recording that Ive never heard before. Imagine a gentle but guiding touch with a most perfect sparkleand then firm and impactful when necessary. Keep doing what youre doing Eric. The women there didn't know anything about speakers and the owner was rude. Double Impact SE. 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. Hands down, Best speakers in 2021 for audiophile sound quality in home audio with small spaces like condos/apartments is the tekton troubadour without a doub. I also heard of speakers being sent with mismatched grills, or that they still smelled of fresh paint. My favorite was Eric is a drummer and he figured out the SIN waves in his patented tweeter array to breakdown live music and horn instruments with ease. Add to these virtues the fact that few other moderately priced audiophile speakers can play so loud without distortion. There was no treatment to the room at all, the electronics were Parasound. Btw, I returned the GE Triton 7s the next day I got the Double Impacts. Which left one question that only I could answer: Would the Tekton Design Impact Monitor play my recordings as well as it played the ones I heard at RMAF 2017? Required fields are marked *. Where the five-star ranking comes from is how these speakers compete with the finest engineered and built speakers from the worlds most lauded speaker companies. What gives? I was lead to another small warehouse location with more cabinets but in the center an opening where a drum set, a pair of DIs and a pair of Ulfberhts sat. http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/images/stories/Loudspeakers/Knowledge/bw686.gif. Nothing. The best of Fourplay is another good jazz cd that the DIs just put right in my living room. May 10 - Phil - Tekton vs Klipsch Thread. I think this is again because of the scale presented by the Impact Monitors.