Tekton Double Impact

If you are interested I ordered an extra set of the bars and top caps if you want 50% off what they charge. Brand new, unopened. Enough for 1 speaker.

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Story of my life…

See if I have to ask a 4th time lol

If you have a strobe light (mobile phone screen with flashing black/white video playing?), you could check for polarity by playing a frequency just under (or just above) the strobe frequency to see the driver move.

Edit: Like so:

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Have you tried calling them? Maybe the person in charge of email isn’t technical.

Some quick Googling. Red (+) on right (this is a custom bi-wire set):

And right again:

The above two pics are DIs. Googling a few other Tekton speakers, they appear to consistently be Red (+) on right and Black (-) on left.

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I finally got a clear response, right +

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Maybe they have a new people answering emails as well? :smile:

Usually, usually! in every single terminal (2 cables) the right one is plus and left is negative.
In a up / down settings. Up is plus and down is negative.
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Unless some manufacture like perverse ways of messing things up for everyone.

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Thank you so much!

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Amazed on your story! I ordered Double Impact 2days ago, but considering to change to Tekton 2-10 perfect SET. I am living in an apartment and I am not keen on big bass, just want to enjoy music. I don’t want to disturb my neighbours. What’s your opinion on which is more suit me? How’s your Double Impact for low level listening?

And what’s your opinion on Beryllium driver? Is it worth to upgrade?

The bass isn’t over powering unless you use tone controls or EQ to increase it. They are definitely full range though so you get plenty of low end if you want it. You can always take away some if you want to. Also you can get some gear with a high pass filter so that you can drop the sub bass if you don’t wanna shake the house. Parasound has great bass management. As far as beryllium tweeters go, I don’t have any experience. I got the regular silk dome. They are very smooth, not much sparkle. So if you like bright high end then the beryllium tweeters would probably be nice.

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And I haven’t really done any low level listening. I like loud music way too much. Also welcome to HiFi Guides!!

Another person might have gotten the binding post issue…

They hired some noob who’s not paying attention. Damn noobs.

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It’s probably not worth it, but me and my ocd… Fifteen minutes to repair! I bet taking off the bottom woofer you’d be able to reach to the back, unbolt the Cardass binding post connector > flip the assembly > tighten back up > replace woofer. All the tools you’d need are a screw driver and the right sized open end wrench.

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Don’t give my OCD ideas! I don’t even want to attempt. Especially since I have no experience with audio gear yet.

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Smart man, leave well enough as is, why welcome complications? I still haven’t learned that lesson. lol

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Alright time to share my thoughts on these beasts. I do not do any critical listening, I just listen to my favorite music and see how much I enjoy it. Music that I used is mostly metalcore and a little electronic.

Imaging and Soundstage

I get a great center image with vocals. Left to right imaging seems fine, not something I really look for. I mainly look for great soundstage. These speakers project a wall of sound that is huge and just so so good. They disappear really well given their size. Off axis performance is stellar. I can walk way off axis (45 degrees plus) and they sound almost the same as on axis. I can also walk down my hallway and it sounds like the speakers are following me. They somehow project sound throughout my whole house very well. Exceptional off axis performance.

Bass

So I am a basshead, growing up with subs in my cars since high school listening to rap. I was hoping that these speakers would deliver. And boy do they. Without tone controls they are lacking so I have to bump up the bass on my Parasound P6, but I was expecting that. The best part is the perfect slide from upper bass to lower bass. No sub integration to worry about which is so nice. Even when listening to electronic music with heavy thump I found these able to perform just fine. If you are looking at these for HT then you will want subs most likely, but for music these are perfect.

Midrange

Perfect. The tonality of instruments and vocals are perfect. Everything sounds exactly as it should. Absolutley amazing.

Treble

Soooo smooooooth. Not much sparkle, but not something I look for. The tweeter array works so well dispersing sound evenly throughout my large room.

Final Thoughts

I am constantly finding myself shaking my head in disbelief at how great these speakers sound. Truly endgame worthy, no doubt. I don’t feel the want to improve anything. Even when I blast them at loud listening levels they don’t fall apart. They keep great separation. I got the SE version, but the regular version should sound just as good. So if you are in the market for a full range sound in the $3-5k range then you have to put these on your list for consideration.

At the end of the day I look for a system that can blast metal at loud volumes without falling apart, bass authority, and project a wall of sound. These are perfect in that regard.

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Glamour shots :fire: the monitor, gear, room treatment. Great example of a modern HIFI system. :star::star::star::star::star:

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Are the grass plants real? They look like an excellent way to diffuse some of the early reflections although given the room treatment and the way the walls angle, they’re just working as insurance. I’m glad things came together for you! You were chasing it for a bit but the planning is evident in the outcome.

Kudos man!

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