Tekton Double Impacts

I just read a really good review on the Electrons. It’s not posted yet, so I can’t cite the text yet; nevertheless, yeah, we’re talking the same sentiments that the Electrons fight well above their class against speakers that are 3 to 4xs as much.

One of the main themes of his review is to let them break in, as he wasn’t a fan right out of the box.

I have mixed feelings about speaker break in. I know there is a small physical element to speaker break in, perhaps 25-50 hours, but perhaps the rest is the ear/brain connection. But, I mean, I really don’t know. I had some full range single drivers once that I let play for 200hrs and I couldn’t tell the difference from before and after.

Still, in this case with the Electrons the guy is pretty happy!

David:
I'm not concerned about it. You have to do it on all other processors. The only thing is that having to do that negates the Lyngdorf benefit of shortest possible signal path. Therefore, whereas I see the benefit of the 2170 versus other products in the market, the benefits of the MP-50 seem to be more around their type of room correction. There are other in the marketplace that can do what the MP-50 appears capable of other than the proprietary correction system. The others only have 11 channels, whereas the MP-50 has 16. I did not even know that any playback system uses that many channels. Perhaps they are for remote channels. I kind of moved on after the price of 10k. I am very happy with my Anthem at its price point.

The only point I was trying to make (and apparently not very well), was that I see the value and technological advantages of the 2170, but I do not see the value or the technological leadership in the MP-50 to justify the price.

evolvist,

Nice info on the electrons,do you know when that review maybe printed or posted.

My opinion about speaker breakin is the passive parts in the crossovers need more time to settle and form and most drivers breakin quite quickly.Anytime that I have changed parts in a speakers crossover It's like starting over again in sound till they get some time on them.

Kenny.

@vitop  We are on the same page! : ) At the end of my research I ended up with the Anthem being the best choice for me as well, albeit with a separate chain for 2ch.

David:
I think the Anthem is a good unit. I used to have an Arcam and it really was very good. It only had a few HDMI ports and they did not make a new processor so I started looking at other units. I like the feature set of the Marantz. It is expensive but it can also do a lot. The 8802 is the one with the better DAC. I almost bought one, but while I like the sound, it has a signature warmness to it. It's not that I don't like it, but I value having the sound being as accurate as possible. I did not perceive that being the case with the Marantz processor. I ended up with the Yamaha. It really is also very feature laden. I thought the sound was more accurate. I ended up with the Yamaha CX-A5000 and believe it or not, it sounded better than the Arcam. Noticeably better. It surprised me.
I just recently decided to move to 4K TV and am now selling the Yamaha and bought the Anthem. I almost bought the newer version of the Yamaha because I was so happy with it and because it has a better feature set than the Anthem. In the end, the better sonic qualities of the Anthem and the better room correction won me over. The higher feature set of the Yamaha would have been nice, but I noticed a slight improvement over the Yamaha with the Anthem so I am glad I bought that. Having to use a PC for room correction is a minor pain, but I am glad I went with the Anthem.