my own experience with Tekton Design
Extremely disappointed with the Dynaudio Contour 60s I bought 4 years ago, after owning for 2 years a wonderful pair of old Dynaudio Contour 3.3s ( poor fool, I thought I was upgrading), I decided to ditch the Dynaudios for something different. So, for the last 2 years, I have been one of the few Tekton Moab owners in Europe, I think. Already the first impression of the Moabs was very positive. I was still not 100 percent satisfied, but I was already much more satisfied than I was with the Contour 60s. After a few months I realized that something was wrong, and after some measurements that I shared with Eric (the owner and designer of Tekton) it was clear that one of the beryllium tweeters was slightly less performing than the other. Probably a problem caused by transportation from the United States to Europe. In any case I experienced in Eric great support, attention and kindness. Eric sent me a replacement tweeter that I personally assembled with very little effort in less than 10 minutes.
And then wow! It was really a change from day to night. At first I didn't believe that a 15% less tweeter efficiency could make such a huge difference in presentation. But I had to believe it. I listen mostly to classical, jazz, and ethnic recordings, so for me the most important characteristics of a speaker are timbre quality and soundstage accuracy. The Moabs offer all this naturally, effortlessly. I have no intention of upgrading to anything else. Thanks for everything Eric!
I have had Eric's speaker in the past. For the price, one really cannot fault the sonics of it in any way. I could name all kinds of speakers that are essentially cold fake sounding ear rippers for what they cost (that simply get carried by a thing called audiophile brand name snobbery). It does help with the sonics when musicians (like Eric) design speakers.
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A smaller driver/smaller mass--> improved impulse response (IR) --> improved resolution/detail/clarity compared to a larger driver/larger mass playing in the same band. Some designs will let a capable tweeter (small driver) crossed over/play as low as possible. His approach for the midrange handled by small tweeter sized drivers have this benefit (IN THEORY). Theory and execution may not always line up depending on how the co was designed, drivers themselves, etc. |
@bdp24 yes, i agree there are other variables that play into a driver's impulse response measurement. (Let us bundle them all for discussion purposes). Let Richard drink his coffee and relax instead 😁
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