Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions

I've never heard the Ulfberhts, but I'm absolutely sure they have several pluses over the Encores. I pushed Eric to build me the Encores 2 years ago because I wanted a more room friendly and more asthetically proportioned speaker similar to the Ulfberhts at a more affordable price.  I paid $9k for them at the time with a gloss finish when the Ulfs were selling for $12k.

If you're on Facebook you should join the Tekton Worldwide Owner's Group. Then send a message to Jon Jonsyk and get his impressions because he has owned both Encores and Ulfberhts. 

If I had the room for them and the additional funds lying around I'd possibly upgrade to the Ulfberhts too, but I'm more interested in his 2112 speaker project since it's been quite a long while, they're shrouded in complete mystery, and it hasn't been released yet which has me curious like I was when people whispered about the mini Ulfberhts which became the Encores.

I might just harass Eric about them tonight. 😁 

haha harass away! Curious if he releases any teasers. 

Wonder what the 2112 will turn out to be. Something like the 1812 given the same naming?

I did reach out on the Tekton Owners Group. Its a great resource with more photos and personal input which is super helpful given the inability to see/hear many of these speakers in person. Unfortunately I don't have a FB account at present time so I'm borrowing an account to pester people for their impressions. 

I reckon either speaker are reasonable deals presently. Though I bet Eric and company are swamped with orders at present time. 

That being said, I waited about 9 months for my double impacts 3.5 years ago. 

what i's like to see is a mini-ulfberht, with the moab's tweeters and woofers, and the encore's two 7" mid-bass drivers between the woofer and tweeter array, like in the ulfberht's, which use four of the 7" drivers.  maybe, too close in size/cost?  or at least a mini ulfberht w/the 10" woofers of the encore, instead of the 12" woofers.  i do believe someone custom ordered a pair of the encores that way, w/the woofers top-n-bottom, instead of both at the bottom.  i'd definitely want the encores that way, were i to order a pair...

doug s.

@sedond 
can you, or anyone explain to me the benefit from having the woofers in the top to bottom orientation compared to the Encore in the double on the bottom?

Another random question, but are the tweeters for the Encore, Moab, and Uf all the same? just spaced differently apart in the Encore. 

Or does the Encore use different tweeters than the Moab/Uf?

whacky - the benefit of having the woofers high & low, as opposed to having both at the floor, is more even room loading of the bass. different locations of the bass drivers means low-end standing waves are more evenly spread out in the room, with a smoother in-room response.

it does appear that the tweeters are a bit different in the encores than in the moabs and the ulfberhts; i'm also curious about this. it could be just the tweeter's surround and spacing is different, but maybe not?  and what does the different spacing achieve in one vs the other?

doug s.