Here's a new review on the new Tekton Double Impact speakers from a Sound Engineer!.. But I did research thoroughly, and paid a lot of attention to reviews of the double impact. 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 . I want to leave you guys (Eric and Karma) with a few words of my feelings toward the Double Impact speakers. speakers were. Tekton Impact Monitor Speakers ", "I found vocals that were tightly focused and real sounding, small details like breath inhales were evident, the stage was wide and deep and the sense of hall was present in The Trinity Sessions, orchestral bass drum pressurized the room easily and drum kits had nice impact on my chest, and dynamics were startling. (store manager) March 4, 2020. I purchased a set of Tekton Double Impact Speakers earlier this year. Few speakers can play every musical genre with the Impact's level of ease, acuity, and, uh . I could cover these things with a Silky Cloth and a Statue of Vlad. US Audio Mart . I feel no need to further chase the audiophile horizon. It's got efficiency of a horn, it's got dynamics of a horn and it's got real kick-ass bass. 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. Struggling to stay afloat? 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. Thats a really lousy experience. ", "The level of detail without any edge or fatigue is amazing. If you spend your time analyzing the minuscule details of music you miss the big picture. Here is a list of some of my past speakers to help you with my point of reference. There's a vocal minority who don't like them, but not for the reasons you describe. Who violated the zone first? 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. VPI Prime Turntable with Hana EL Cartridge The bass is phenomenal strong and controlled. Big for a reason, the Tekton Impact Monitor speakers will blow - CNET Here is a link to my review of the Tekton Design Double Impacts, and a second opinion from Positive Feedback's Victor Chavira. How could $1,700 speakers sound so good? impact. Like u were there and the audio guy knew what he was doing. Note, I am not a bass head. http://www.tektondesign.com/images/Double%20Impact.pdf Then in 1985, HP introduced IBM compatibles, and their quality dropped like a stone. I wrote that last October, after hearing Tekton Design's new Impact Monitor speakers at the 2017 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. I just about thought he was gonna have a heart attack so I wrote him an email explaining that I was in a similar business making saxophone mouthpieces and that I had my own line of saxophones and made a couple of suggestions including meditation to calm down. Copy Comment URL. 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. Preamplifier to Power Amplifier Interconnect: Kimber Kable Base TIMBRE-114Cu-0.5M WBT 114Cu RCA Best purchase ever! I received the Double Impacts on Tuesday and have done a lot of listening the last 5 days. In my opinion these speakers are revealing of associated audio components. for the last 6 years. This reminds me of the day I was at the unveiling of the ess heil line. understatement on how I can describe what I was hearing. . I could imagine no good reason for their presence, nor could I imagine how a gaggle of seven drivers could operate without insane diffraction, comb filtering, phase, or frequency-response anomalies. The presentation is forward and very live sounding", "The Double Impact has a dry hit. And he wonders about the Tekton Double Impact SE speakers. Speaker Cables: Kimber Kable Base 12VS1.25MPSB Perfect SET. My current 5.1 system is no slouch with my fronts (more expensive than the DIs), my rears are Tekton Design Impact Monitor Bookshelf Speaker Reviewed But I did have a slight schadenfreud moment for all those dorks in the FB group to hear the unbeatable DI sounded like shit lol. We've partnered with the highly respected transducer vendor SB Acoustics, and they produce our Impact Monitor parts.". Where the Olympica Nova I and 805 D3 did pull ahead was in terms of bass definition (more on that below). In my small apartment, the Tekton Impact Monitors, in their High Gloss black finish, looked much bigger than they had at RMAF 2017. 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. I had frustrated artists syndrome myself so I know it when I see it. Thanks for making these incredible speakers, and for selling them at such a reasonable price point!