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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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corelli
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You know, if you don't like the standard finish, you can spend a bit extra for a first rate  veneer or a gorgeous automotive finish.  I don't understand the criticism here. The point is, you have an incredibly high value speaker line that gives you a CHOICE.  So make it and be happy.  I am dumbfounded by what the Double Impacts offer for the money.  Me, I'm learning to love how the satin black finish fades away in a dimly lit room. 

These are NOT a love 'em and leave 'em speaker.  Quite the contrary.  I suspect the Electrons, with their similar tweeter array will have much of the magic of the DI's.
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roxy54 OP
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Jetter,

What is it that bothers you about the distance between the lower midrange and the upper woofer? Are you assuming that it will cause a sonic discontinuity? I wouldn't think it would. To me, it seems like most of the music is coming from the treble-midrange grouping.    

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grannyring
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Mac48025, 

I have not seen the internal crossover and wiring so I cannot say how difficult it would be to work on these. However I do know form experience that the Duelund wire, Duelund & Jupiter grade capacitors can dramatically improve a speaker. If the DI has resistors, not sure, then more improvements can still be had. 

Yes external crossovers are best as you get all the parts outside of the bombastic cab. I just don't know what's inside these so I cannot really give you a difficulty scale. 

I am most intrigued with this speaker after doing some reading on them.  Very happy to see the builder making such great speakers at an affordable price. Very exciting stuff. 
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lowrider57
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Mac, realise that if you were to any mods inside the speaker, it would void the warranty.
An external crossover might be possible, but I think it best to have a schematic of the crossover network, and it would need to be bypassed.
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