2 Ohm Tekton Pendragons

Yup.  Case closed.   Next controversy....

@p05129 Well the internet is a powerful tool for shaping opinions. Seems like if you repeat something enough some perhaps many people will believe it. Need not be true. There is a lot of that at play these days. Especially when it cost you nothing except time and effort to try and shape people’s opinion and gain influence.

Reading the marketing write up on the site for the product, sounds like this product is pitching a unique sound to its cult like fans. I suppose distortion associated with low impedance speakers used with most amps would produce a unique sound that some might take to and not find elsewhere.
But based on pure science it sounds like a bad idea. Which means some rebels out there will love the idea just because it defies science/common knowledge. Plus they probably will go loud faster than many and maybe not even damage their amps. Would have to see more detailed measurements like those on Stereophile to know the likelihood. Can’t imagine anyone would sell a speaker that kills amps though it reads like these would have a better chance than most anything else. Who knows. Could just be all marketing hype.....another product that is somewhat different to garner attention. Time will tell.
2 ohm nominal? Wonder what the low and high impedance is at the various frequencies. 2 ohm nominal suggests it will be even lower at some frequencies.

someone is bound to review these and do some measuring just because 2 ohms will attract attention if nothing else. I’d like to see that.

there have been popular cult speakers with very low impedance over the years. Apogee comes to mind. Some people swear by those ribbons and will do what it takes to find an amp that can do them justice.

Idol worship is an interesting phenomenon.

why 2 ohm? Shoot for one. Zero.....sure why not as long as it’s high efficiency. Loads are overrated.  

Talk to @atmasphere. He will tell you how lower impedance = more distortion. The question is always how much (will vary by amp) and is the distortion pleasant sounding or not.

One thing for sure you will likely be advised to NOT use Atmasphere amps with those if truly a nominal 2 ohm load and especially if any kind of response down to 20 hz can be delivered as advertised.

2 ohms will make any amp work harder than if higher. That is a fact. It’s best to make any amp not work harder than necessary.

MC is just plain wrong when he says high efficiency means any amp will do. Not the case if these are in fact 2 ohm speakers with flat response down to 20hz.

BAss is where an amp must work hardest to deliver. The lower the frequency, the harder it works...exponentially.

I would anticipate at best running true 2ohm speakers well off most any amp means limited and distorted bass.

But you never know for sure till you try (and measure) as they say...

Offering a product advertised as 2 ohms tells me Eric is mainly interested in being able to toss a variety of bait (various speaker models with various differences) in order to catch the most fish. Nothing wrong with that. It is what it is. I suppose there is a unifying design approach to them all. The tweeter arrray I suppose. Tweeters are not nearly as hard to drive well as bass drivers. Much less work involved.......exponentially by frequency.

2 ohm? Really?  Interesting. Personally I’d let others try those first.

Or just take advice from those with simple and biased views of how things work just because and try it for yourself.

I’d be interested to hear out it works out. Also some measurements to back up the published specs which are very loose as published to start with.