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Tekton Electron has been released

As expected, the Tekton Double Impact received a 5 star rave-up from Home Theatre Review. The reviewer made mention of a smaller version for those of us with smaller rooms. I shot Eric Alexander an email at about 8:30 last night and was surprised to receive a reply a few minutes later. He said that the scaled down version, which he named the Electron, had just gone live on his website a few minutes earlier.

I haven't heard any of his speakers yet, but I am really curious, especially about this one. I'm sure that conspiracy theorists will have plenty to say about the reviewer, and the weird patent (they already have savaged the patent, and I don't really blame them), but I am not as suspicious as some, and I think these speakers must be pretty good, or they wouldn't keep getting such enthusiastic reviews from users as well. I want to hear these speakers!  

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charles1dad
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Roxy54,
Some people who are quite familiar with the Coincident speakers believe that the Total Eclipse II were one of their very best efforts ever. I’ve had mine for 8 years and they’ll be with me to the end. They rarely appear on the used market.

I get the feeling that the Double Impacts are as good as their owners tout. I do understand the healthy skepticism some may feel. High End audio always seems to introduce a new darling of the month product with overblown hype.

My gut feeling tells me that this Tekton DI is the real deal. If I didn't have my current Coincident based system I'd be thinking à Tekton DI and Line Magnetic 219ia or 508ia combination. 
Charles
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Kenny,
The Tekton DI replacing the Zu DEF IV in your main audio system is noteworthy.  The DEF IV has received much praise on Audiogon as well as other forums and is said to be an exceptionally good speaker. 
Charles 
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charles1dad
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Roxy is right,  and generally speaking you gain speaker sensitivity as the cabinet increases in size/internal volume. Lower speaker impedance load and steep phase angles aren't friendly to tube amplifiers. Tubes work better with higher and flat  (relatively) impedance characteristics. 
Charles 
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