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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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kdude66
1,200 posts
 
Hello all,
I just read through this tread and thought i would chime in a little.
I'm listening to my new pair of di's for the first day and I'm totally amazed.

The tweeter array plays down to 400hz with the 2 6 inch mids joining in at the same freq and maybe higher.The 2 woofers are crossed below 250hz.
Most defiantly as coherent as any speaker I have ever heard or owned in my 30 yrs in this hobby.Wonderful tone/Timbre and harmonics.

Just a quick post unfortunately I have a dentist appointment soon.

Kenny
kdude66
1,200 posts
 
Roxy,

I will give a partial list from the last 10 to 12'yrs.Acoustat 2+2,Maggie 1.7,legacy focus SE,b&w 104d,Zu defs 4,Zu Druid V,
Devore orangutan,Janszen Valentina which were recently sold after 6 months.My wife and I within the last month listened to a demo pair of Magico Q5's.

The most recent is the Di's and I will keep my Zu def's,moved them too my smaller 2nd system.

My sonic impression,granted I have only had them 1 day,

1.Tone/Timbre/Harmonics is just right for me,fast, plenty of clarity,coherence,and midrange meat.
2.Overall slightly warm from neutral and not bright.
3.Excellant overall bass and dynamics without being overpowering in our 20x25 living room.
4.Appearance and color match the rest of the decor of the room,according from my wife has said,and she likes the sound as well.

I use a bel canto pre3,and a set of bel canto ref600m,with a ps audio direct stream dac.I also have a Wilson bensch circle table with a zyx,airy3 cartridge.

I almost always upgrade my speakers with better passive parts and internal wiring,the di's will probably be a good candidate,even though they sound pretty darn good now.

The playback of music in the home has always been quite subjective,and what I like you may not.

There has been a lot of hype about the Tekton speaker line in general,but I took a chance with the di's and I really like them.
I really think Eric has truly designed something special.

My music preference is most forms of jazz,classic rock,some new pop and rock,and some classical,mostly piano works.

Kenny.
kdude66
1,200 posts
 
Charles,

They are especially when you spend some time tweaking them.
I will keep them in my 2nd system for backups for now.

The Zu's have a lot of pluses and really just a few negatives,I used them for almost 4yrs.I had a pair of Janzen Valentina's that I recently sold here,just wasn't a good match for my room or me.Very nicely made speakers otherwise.

I really love the DI's truly a great sound for me.

Kenny.

kdude66
1,200 posts
 
Those look really nice I hope that you enjoy them for a long time.

Kenny.
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