$3000 upfront to fund someone's expenses while he designs a speaker... hmmm. And it's not a discount.
Sounds like the offer from someone short of cash...
Nope.
This is what it looks like to me, too.
Seem like Alexander saw the Spatial direction and sale, and decided to 'launch' an OB with the Tekton array slapped on it for just under the price point of the X4 to take advantage of the market space. The Caladan release was probably surprise. That said, I can't imagine that Clayton and Eric don't know each other.
All that said, I still really want to hear it if/when it happens.