I can't believe this thread is still going. It has to be a testament to the achievement and popularity of Tekton speakers. Just to amplify what Allen said about the Ulfbehrts, and I've heard Teajay's system and Ezra's system, the Ulfbehrts with the Beryllium drivers are a definite improvement over the regular Ulfbehrts. I'm not wanting to get into or start an argument because Teajay is a friend, but in my opinion, it's not a subtle improvement. Teajay's Ulfbehrts sound wonderful but the beryllium drivers take the Ulfbehrts up another level. Seriously, if I owned Ulfbehrts and heard Ulfbehrts with the BE drivers, the only thing I could say, or think, would be DAMN!
The real reason for my joining in here, however, is to give Eric Alexander, and his guys, kudos for what they have accomplished. I first got into the beryllium driver craze back in the mid-2000's with the Usher BE-10 and BE20 speakers. The beryllium drivers in those speakers were very revealing and could go from sounding musical, with an open, detailed soundstage, to being bright and aggressive from one track to the next. I felt this was consistent when listening to speakers with beryllium drivers. Suffice it to say; I would not want a speaker with beryllium drivers in it. I was pretty much concerned Ezra was going to be well in over his head and making a big mistake getting Ulfbehrts with beryllium drivers and kept urging him to reconsider or to please go to Teajay's home and listen to his Ulfbehrts before deciding. Then again, maybe Ezra knows more than what he gets credit for.
The only thing that gave me pause was Eric. I thought if he could pull off these designs using his arrays, maybe he can figure out how to deal with the aggressive sound of beryllium drivers. Actually hearing the Ulfbehrt BEs was a total game-changer for me. At no time was there any brightness, or aggressive sounding sonic artifacts. No matter how loud Allen played music. That was just a subtle dig at Allen because I actually played more music than he did and some of it was a little bit loud and some not loud at all. The sense of the music sounding life-like with in-the-room authenticity, with macro and micro dynamics that were off the hook and bass that was outstanding. To make it more interesting, all of this was done using a T+A integrated that I'm not really a fan of. It's a nice enough piece of gear, just not my cup of tea, me being a tube fan. I'll end with this; beryllium drivers in the Ulfbehrts made a significant improvement and takes the performance of that speaker to another level. I have no idea how Eric did it, but he has accomplished something very special.
The real reason for my joining in here, however, is to give Eric Alexander, and his guys, kudos for what they have accomplished. I first got into the beryllium driver craze back in the mid-2000's with the Usher BE-10 and BE20 speakers. The beryllium drivers in those speakers were very revealing and could go from sounding musical, with an open, detailed soundstage, to being bright and aggressive from one track to the next. I felt this was consistent when listening to speakers with beryllium drivers. Suffice it to say; I would not want a speaker with beryllium drivers in it. I was pretty much concerned Ezra was going to be well in over his head and making a big mistake getting Ulfbehrts with beryllium drivers and kept urging him to reconsider or to please go to Teajay's home and listen to his Ulfbehrts before deciding. Then again, maybe Ezra knows more than what he gets credit for.
The only thing that gave me pause was Eric. I thought if he could pull off these designs using his arrays, maybe he can figure out how to deal with the aggressive sound of beryllium drivers. Actually hearing the Ulfbehrt BEs was a total game-changer for me. At no time was there any brightness, or aggressive sounding sonic artifacts. No matter how loud Allen played music. That was just a subtle dig at Allen because I actually played more music than he did and some of it was a little bit loud and some not loud at all. The sense of the music sounding life-like with in-the-room authenticity, with macro and micro dynamics that were off the hook and bass that was outstanding. To make it more interesting, all of this was done using a T+A integrated that I'm not really a fan of. It's a nice enough piece of gear, just not my cup of tea, me being a tube fan. I'll end with this; beryllium drivers in the Ulfbehrts made a significant improvement and takes the performance of that speaker to another level. I have no idea how Eric did it, but he has accomplished something very special.