Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?

James above said that people shouldn't have to defend disliking a product, but I think he has a short memory.  He attacked me for repeating my dislike for Tekton speakers and went so far as to mock my system, and now I see he sold his Tektons.

I've still got my Rainmakers, James, if you want to poke fun at them.  

Anyway, it's as I observed, Tektons are big ugly speakers that use cheaper off-the-shelf woofers and their frequency response tends to be anything but flat.  And the owner of the company goes to great lengths to keep their frequency response specs nowhere to be seen.

Obviously they are not for everybody.

Kosst, get a load of Jame’s arrogance, I guess there’s no point talking to a self important know-it-all. And James apparently was some kind of dealer! I’m sure the Rainmakers didn’t suck when he was selling them but that’s beside the point.

James goes from speaker to super expensive speaker and brags about how good they are to only move on to the next “last speaker he’ll ever buy” within a few months. Same with the DI’s. He bragged about how amazing they were on the canuckaudiomart forum, leading others to buy and report having terrible experiences with Tekton’s customer service. Way to go James.  

James, I simply said that I didn't like the looks of the Tektons.  I also noticed that the company wouldn't reveal the frequency responses of their models but I found one reviewed model that had been reviewed and measured.  It's frequency response had a range of 12db and I shared that.  I might have made another observation or two, I can't recall at this point.

What fanboys like you couldn't get through your heads was that one does not need to own or audition a speaker to tell what a certain spec is or whether YOU LIKE THE LOOKS OR NOT.  But it cracks me up that after all the attacking and whining you got rid of them.   You claim you still love them, but decided to sell them.  Sure.

You and a few fan boys repeatedly attacked me personally for making these simple observations.  That you still refuse to acknowledge that a person can not like the looks of a speaker without buying it tells me all I need to know about you.  

I hear that the Sonus Faber Fenice speakers have that last little bit of detail you're looking for, why don't you buy them and report back your findings.  They're only $180,000.

Here's another question.  With the lower budget build quality of Tekton's speakers( basic MDF, lower cost off-the-shelf woofers and crossover components), how far off their original sound will they drift in say 10 years.  

Now your typical speakers that cost double or more, with far superior quality cabinets and components, will last far better.  You get what you pay for.

Granny, that's nonsense.  How many Wilson, Focal, B&W, Magico, etc., have you "modified"?  I"m sure the first thing an owner of $30,000 speakers does is look you up for modifications.  

And these expensive speakers sure don't have the cheap MDF in a super boring design with silly color options.   

Granny, you say you don’t want want to argue and then go ahead anyway.  

hfaddict, it's always interesting to find someone who believes that one should never comment or speculate on a component unless one has paid the entrance fee and bought one.  Unfortunately for you, this is the internet, not your living room.  I notice you have no problem with those who praise Tekton without buying them, so what does that make you?

People are going to post things that you don't agree with every day.  I have made several observations about Tekton speakers, and I will stand by my comments about ugly boxes, non flat frequency responses, cheap components and fan boys who can't handle such observations.  By the way, I never said they were a poor sounding speaker, surely you're not going to add to what I said in an attempt to score cheap points?  

James showed his true colors when he criticized my system on this forum, only small minded people make such attacks.  And all because I don't care for Tekton, how strange.  And I'm not trying to rally anyone.  I call a spade a spade, and James has been a snob to me.  Now you are being condescending and snobby.   

I may have been wrong about granny's posts, but at least it's an honest mistake.  In the last 3 years I've owned over 20 pairs of speakers, taking many of them apart and tinkering.  My observations are what let me to believe that speakers costing over $20,000 are probably not going to contain MDF.   I haven't seen the inside of every speaker in existance.   Have you?  Has granny?

It's just an opinion.  Try to take them with a grain of salt.

Good grief James, you really need to get a life.

You start a thread on canuckaudiomart about Tekton, and in short order start praising the Double Impacts, which you freely admit cost you $4900 Canadian dollars. You say:

They are an absolute steal for what I paid.

and

They continue to be one of the best things I have heard in 20+ years of the hobby.

You also casually mention that you’ve owned more $5000+ speakers than you care to mention, which is an interesting boast. Anyway, in that thread others start buying Tektons and some having horrible customer service and experiences. Meanwhile, you do your usual thing and grow tired of the Tektons and start praising Tyler Acoustics which you buy, no doubt spending over $5000 again.

So you lead many people to buy Tektons at your recommendation and then sell them and move on to something else. How many times have you done this, James? What kind of person continually moves from $5000 speaker to speaker, sucking in others to buy as well, and some reporting awful experiences BTW.

Perusing your posts, I notice you posted in the "Best pair of speakers you’ve owned" thread in Canuckaudiomart. You didn’t mention the Tekton DI, James, which you misled several people to buy, why is that? Instead you mention Marten Miles 5. Hopefully the people you sucked into buying Tektons aren’t reading your posts to see how you flit from speaker to speaker, and realize you’re like a used car salesman.

Which is why I suggest you need to get a life. And, no thanks, I don’t need to spend time with you comparing speakers there up in Vernon BC. I’ve no interest in taking advice from someone whose advice changes from month to month.

Or thinks it’s in good taste to post a picture of an Afro American man tapping his head, with the caption, " Can’t snort coke through a rolled up bit coin!" That’s racist and disgusting, James.(I’d copy and post it here so others can see the real you, but I’m sure the racist tone would be against the rules) I can’t believe you posted that, but it’s a perfect illustration of your strange behaviour. Posing as a high minded audiophile "rebuking" me on one hand, and then posting some bigoted picture in canuckaudiomart.

Tell you what, brother, I'm done with you.  I wish this forum had the ignore function, but I expect I can do alright ignoring you without it.

Mofojo, I don't see the point of you repeating all of your old argument points yet again, and expecting a response from me.  Just go back and reread my previous responses in whichever old Tekton thread you made these points in.