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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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Also, wire has very little to with do bass control (damping). For back EMF resistance of the speaker is already in series. Because of that 2 ohm speaker may have same damping as 8 ohm.

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@speakermaster, 
It has been postulated by others on this forum in the past that the  high impedance speaker's decreased manufacturing was due to,
 1 The increasing availability in the 1960s  of transistor amplifiers that made obtaining more watts much less expensive compared to tube power.

2 A good quality high impedance speaker is relatively  more expensive to build and requires more effort.  These 2 factors are said to have led the shift to 4 ohm speakers becoming more popular and the default choice.
Charles 
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Hi @kijanki,
Requiring 2.83x the current for a given power level doesn't seem an insignificant amount of increased demand.  
Charles 
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@charles1dad Yes, and 2.83x is for 2ohm vs 16ohm comparison. For 2ohm vs 4ohm it would be only 1.41x the current.
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@kijanki
Ohm's  Law in effect😊.
Charles
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