I guess I have to sell my Tekton Enzos


because Eric said the DI's slaughter the Enzos. Better yes. Slaughter, I doubt it. If they slaughter the Enzos they probably slaughter the Enzo 2.7's as well. I'm sure Eric will put out some spin saying how much better the 2.7's are. What a load of crap. I can just imagine Dave Wilson saying the Sashas slaughter the WP8's or Harry Weisfeld saying the VPI Prime slaughters the Traveler. Marketing 101: Don't diss your own products. What Eric said about the Enzo is a slap in the face to every Enzo owner out there. I'm sure the DI's are better, but not in every situation. I'm very happy with my Enzos and very disappointed with Eric Alexander. He should know better. End of rant.
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From about 4 to 15 KHz in the case of the tweeter. 4Khz is about 3 inches and 15KHz is about 1 inch in wavelength.

As an example imagine two tweeters spaced 6 inches apart. The combined reflected energy they give out will produce total cancellation at roughly 4KHZ, a reinforcement peak at 8Khz and a cancellation at 12Khz etc. The combined sound directly in front and equidistant from both tweeters will be the only signal in the room without these effects (the direct sound)

Generally what you hear is roughly 60% direct and 40% reflected if you sit in a farfield position and maybe 75% direct and 25% reflected in a nearfield situation.

Here is a plot showing the effect of 1 msec delay - equivalent to about 12 inch spacing of the drivers that produce the same signal.

http://digitalsoundandmusic.schwartzsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Figure-4.32-Comb-filtering-...

Basically comb filtering changes the timbre of the sound (often described as a thinner or hollow sound) as well as creating a wider Soundstage.




Interesting. When I switched my DAC from old NOS 226 DHT tubes to 101D DHT tubes and changed to a R2R discrete DAC set-up I told one customer that it was a 100% improvement.  He did not believe me either so I took one to his home and within the first 30 seconds he said about 40% improvement.  When the system (tubes) warmed up for 20 minutes he said yeah it is way better.  So don't discount the designers comments.  Happy Listening.


So taking this a step further... Eric told me the Ulfs are far superior in sound to the DI upgrades I have. I have a hard time believing anything could sound that much better after living with the DIs for a while. But I certainly believe Eric and I am upgrading to Ulfs because of it. But until the Ulfs arrive, I am THOROUGHLY enjoying the DIs!
Eric and Tekton,

If the DI slaughter the Enzo 2.7 can you please give an indication as how the Electron will sound in comparison to the DI?  Would one be wise to go for the DI if at all possible because the sound is that much better?


I said the original Enzo. The Enzo 2.7 is another animal entirety.

Above per Tekton Design.

Please be consistent, OP.  His statement was regarding the original Enzo [never the 2.7].