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2 Ohm Tekton Pendragons

I was just looking at the new models at Tekton. They have a very interesting new version of the Pendragon with the 5-driver array from the Dynamo Monitor. Looks good. But it's $2200/pr loudspeaker. Is there a similarly priced audiophile quality amplifier that can consistently drive a 2 ohm load. And that's an average rating which means that it must dip below 2 ohms at some frequencies. 

Does this puzzle anyone other than me?

Glen 
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ditusa
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@charles1dad, +1
erik_squires
16,004 posts
 
My guess is that they are choosing to use 2 x 4 ohm mid-woofers, and matching the tweeter impedance to that rather than making a 4 Ohm speaker with 92 dB sensitivity... which would be fine.

Usually we see high efficiency speakers with high impedance as great matches for tubes.  This is not that speaker.  It is instead a very demanding speaker for solid state amplifiers which in the end probably won't give us much more volume, since the max output of most amps is going to be current limited.
rhljazz
1,250 posts
 
My VAC PA100 tube amp has dedicated 2 ohm taps.  Can’t say how it would play on that tap as I’m not interested in that type of speaker.  But if someone is interested in trying the aforementioned speaker, the VAC could theoretically be a solid match.
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mapman
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Yup.  Case closed.   Next controversy....
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ozzy62
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I'll pile on here and agree with what's been said already. No need to design 2 ohm speakers, especially if the intent is to use tube amps. The easier the load, the better your tube experience will be.

IMHO



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