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

jcarcopo - definitely better tweets in the di/se's than the standard di's.  per what i said, i suspect these are the same as what's in the encores, and i think the moab's, ulfberht's, and the prefect set's also use this same tweeter, tho w/different waveguide.

while it's hard to be certain, imo, the waveguide on the tweets in the di/se's and the encores looks closer to this, than the one you cited:
https://www.parts-express.com/wavecor-tw030wa14-30mm-textile-dome-neodymium-tweeter-with-heat-sink-a...
- just a bit more taper.  but, it could be an illusion, as both are listed as the same dimensions on wavecor's site, w/only difference being 4 vs 8 ohms

and i see nothing on the p/e website that looks like the bigger waveguides in the moab's and the ulfberhts.  and nothing on wavecor's site w/5 perimeter screws...

it's possible (likely?) that eric can get custom drivers, as he is ordering in quantity.  even for a single pair, ha ha!

doug s.

Its definitely a curious thing about these tweeters. 

Really really want to pull the trigger on a set of Ufs these days, but ultimately I think I may have to "settle" for the Encores based on size.  I literally have carboard boxes sitting on top of my Double Impacts to mimic the size of the Ufs and Encores. Left is is Encore and Right is Ufs. And to think I thought the DIs were overkill when they showed up. 

Either way, there is a 0% chance I will be disappointed in either. But I may always wonder if you could have managed the big boys.



Out of curiosity, could someone measure the height of the tweeter from the base of the Encore cabinet? I calculated the distance based on photos and ratios of the overall cabinet dimensions. Based on my calculations, the Encores tweeter actually sits higher by a few inches over the Ufs. Can anyone confirm this?
 
I'm wondering what that will do for my overall listening positioning in relation to tweeters. I sit relatively low in my modern style couch. 

Slapping the Encores on some Gaia feet, or other vibration isolation, and/or speaker platforms and suddenly the tweeter goes up another 4-5"

@sedond The link I provided was provided from a friend who also owns the Encores who had taken his tweeter array apart because he's crazy. (He even sent me a ghastly picture with all them tweeters hanging out, I felt sorry for the array...lol).  He sent me 2 links (one was the wrong tweeter) and I probably copied the wrong url.

@whacky, I would measure for you, but I can't locate my tape measure at this moment. I'm also dealing with cleaning up the aftermath of a nearby lightning strike which took out my modem, switch, router, Roon Server, and UPS that I know of. I have the Isoacoustic Gaia Titan Theia (they were a demo pair and cost about what the Gaia I cost and totally overkill, but maybe I'll buy the 1812 one day, lol!) I'm always in a reclined position when listening and therefore seated lower and everything sounds great to me so I wouldn't worry too much about the treble tweeter height being a tad higher. If I find the tape measure I will let you know, I misplaced it when I installed room treatments a couple of months ago and I just need to clear my mind and retrace my steps. :-)

@jcarcopo,

I checked out your system and it is a very well thought out and put together system.  The Art Audio tube amp is really something special. I heard their amps at an audio show and if I was to buy a tube Integrated, Art Audio would be on my very short list.  

@stereo5 Thanks for kind words. My apologies for any misunderstanding on my part prior, I wasn't trying to be dismissive and I didn't know you had heard the Pendragons or had a negative experience. I only can speak to the Double Impacts and the Encores and they fit the bill for what I looking for in a speaker sonically (not so much asthetically, but with the Spanish Tile high gloss finish, I'm pretty please with how they turned out).  They are very coherent and the midrange of that array is quite spectacular imho. 
Unfortunately, my system setup is a bit out of date on Audiogon. I now have some Allnic A6000 monoblocks that use 4x 300bxls tubes in a parallel SET configuration and produce 60wpc.  I also have a Pass Labs Xa25 I'm really enjoying that I recently purchased. You can't go wrong with Art Audio though for sound quality, I've owned two of them over the years. I just wanted more power so I moved up to the Allnics.