Has anyone heard the new Eric Alexander signature speakers the matrix LS?

Is kojack on yet.

Hi gererick, congratulations for your new speaker and the cleverness to have it made up for you. Could you please tell us about speakers you had before and how the the Matrix LS compare to them? Which electronics you are currently using?

Best regards!

Yes, I own them and very happy with them. I live in the southern part of Westchester County in NYS. They are terrific up and down the frequency range. Smooth, full, plenty of detail, impact and slam. Smooth and detailed, very well balanced in that regard. The tweeters are Satori Beryllium. I believe they retail for $406 each. That’s almost $13k at retail given there are 32 them. Taking the parts cost into account, the labor in wiring 20 drivers, constructing and painting and shipping such large and heavy boxes, I don’t see the reason to complain about the price (shipping is included).  On a percentage basis, the profit margin could be lower than their other models. I do not expect to be buying another pair of speakers. I am set.

Those were the days.

@millercarbon,

Yes. And it does. On Planet Utopia. The Nowhere land where everyone flies to work on a unicorn and Coca-cola comes out of every faucet. $18k should buy me a beautiful speaker, beautiful car, and three beautiful women. A house. And beautiful wife to clean it. Should is my favorite word in the English language. So infinitely useful.

Sounds like Atlanta, GA in the late 70's early 80's. Right around Georgia Tech and the Coca Cola building...☺

 "There is no Tekton shill, it doesn't exist.  There are very excited owners that you should not take very seriously.  You should listen on your own and on your own only."......It does exist imo..your take is wrong and that's why the Tekton post get constantly taken down...MC admitted on this site( before it was all deleted) he moved product and generated profit  on this free forum.. my guess, he is on a very short leash with the powers to be hence his abrupt absence in posting  ...I also think that compensation can come in many ways ie Moabs signed by the owner of the company  in gratitude for keeping the brand in post after post after post...that's my take on it

Tekton use to make just garbage. Now they make expensive garbage. Oh, IMHO.

I like Tektons for what they are (have a pair, actually), but $18k does seem kind of expensive for a plain box. Eric really should work on the aesthetics if he's going to play in that market.

JM2W.

You can buy a pair of Ohm F5 for several thousand less...even less with trade ins. Those are more compact, include powered subs and weigh more: 150 pounds each, but at least on castors for easy placement.

F5 | Speakers | Ohm Speakers | Custom Audiophile Speakers for Music & Home Theater

I think these are the ones our own Douglas Schroeder reviewed on Dagogo a few months back.

Ohm Acoustics F5 speaker Review - Dagogo

BTW I have a pair of older F5s as my mains and can highly recommend them, but no powered subs with those and retail price ~ 14 years ago was only $6000.

Sound Chaser | Virtual Listening Room (audiogon.com)

But the high gloss paint options are only $2000!

Just think of all the other speakers that you could buy with a list price of 18K or less.

Then think of all the other additional speakers that you could buy gently used for 18K or less.

Then ask yourself very calmly why you would choose this speaker over all the other choices.

BTW, I am a robot with special image-sensing and image-recognition software.

Have not seen these but any speakers at that price better look nice unless they are designed for commercial use in large auditoriums, arenas, etc.

Otherwise maybe these will corner some very limited market for less attractive expensive home speakers and still turn a nice profit. Assuming they have high sensitivity and extended bass response going for them so that will help.

Just saying. Have not seen or heard.

To Quote The Man …

”18 grand and it still looks like garbage?....Bravo tekton,lol “

There are a lot of high quality drivers here. I would be curious for 18k (disregarding looks) you get a much better damped cabinet. One thing with my DIs is the cabinets would talk at loud volumes on bass heavy music. At 18k that would be unacceptable. 
 
list price on all these drivers is probably in the 8-9k range so that’s half the total cost in raw drivers. Yeah I know based on volume Tekton probably pays half that. What are the crossover components etc. personally I would like to hear a pair of these and put them through their paces. 

Yet another thread to go down the toilet. Two days in and already five removed posts. Yah!

There is no Tekton shill, it doesn't exist.  There are very excited owners that you should not take very seriously.  You should listen on your own and on your own only.

$18k Tektons?  Stupid AF.  Just absolutely idiotic.  If you are spending that kind of money then you want something that looks somewhat as good as it sounds and that's not Tekton.  

Taking an existing model and upgrading the drivers and then throwing your hat into the mix of people doing rear drivers isn't a good idea for a speaker. It's taken people like Spatial and others many models and years to make a well integrated rear driver model.  Doing one for the hell of it isn't something I would spend $18k on.  

 

I can attest that Ray is a great Audiogon member. Not that my endorsement means anything but I've done business with Ray and he is a gentleman's gentleman. No shillage....

Hey missionary man,

If you go to the tekton website it’s presented as a brand new speaker not a speaker for one dude. It doesn’t even say anything about one dude, it’s represented as a new offering by Mr. Eric Alexander.

I am not a shill for tekton. I learned my lesson last year when they made me look like an idiot and sold me a pair of old speakers as if they were brand new speakers that they just came out with. I’ll never buy another one of their speakers again. I thought it was an interesting topic since there doesn’t seem to be many interesting topics on this forum anymore. 

Pricing seems excessive? Replace standard tweeters with Beryllium and a few other changes, but keep the DIY appearance/build?

Eggxactly predictable.

Yes. And it does. On Planet Utopia. The Nowhere land where everyone flies to work on a unicorn and Coca-cola comes out of every faucet. $18k should buy me a beautiful speaker, beautiful car, and three beautiful women. A house. And beautiful wife to clean it. Should is my favorite word in the English language. So infinitely useful.

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth: Functionality is what it's all about. Sound quality. The most sound quality for the money.

You can have your Faberge Egg. You can even tell yourself it sounds good. For $180k it should sound as good as the $18k Tekton. There's that word again. It should.

Good luck with that.

They may sound good but $18K, and you get those same  DIY looking cabinets with woofers that aren't flush mounted? Fail in the aesthetics column.

$18K should buy beautiful sound AND looks.

Yes, that is the SB Acoustics Beryllium tweeter. I have now used it three times in an evolving design and it is my new favorite tweeter supplanting Aurum Cantus ribbons and Scanspeak silk domes. They retail for $470 each. In quantity I am sure Eric's discount is healthy, but no more than 30% in this environment. 

Knowing his designs the be tweeters are not the issue as much as the Xover itself which 

the parts are at best average ,I hav3 helped rebuild several. and when you ask him he says cannot  show Xover 

Its proprietary , it’s theQuality of the build In question not as much the design 

and the cabinet design rings like a 🔔 vibration = distortions , He should at least put black hole or other damping materials ,and or bracing especially on these  $$ designs.

I remember hearing Ezra's (RIP) all BE Ulfberths...within seconds it was obvious Eric was onto something very special. I'd love to listen to this new effort.

@millercarbon  Do you know where the member who 'commissioned' this Matrix LS is located? 

They all look the same……..

for rear firing drivers, I would go with the new Axiom ones.

teks are interesting..

Not dipole. The back firing drivers are for ambience. Don't even know if in or out of phase. The one guy who has them hasn't said much other than how awesome they are. He is also doing a crossover upgrade similar to mine, only better. A bona-fide SOTA sound quality speaker, without the Faberge Egg price tag.

18 grand and it still looks like garbage?....Bravo tekton,lol

Like the World really needs more five-figure speakers!

Check out the Tekton Owner's Group on FB. The Matrix LS was built as a custom order for one of our members. Similar to ordering a Moab with all-Be, it has an additional Be tweeter and midrange driver radiating fill on the back. This worked out so well Eric decided to make it the first in his Signature line. 

His is the only one we know for sure has been made, and he is pretty darn pleased with the results. Which were good enough for Eric to make it a model. Check it out on FB.