Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers

How about those $30k Tektons!  🤦‍♂️

Oh no if this is what happens when unsubstantiated claims get put to the test there may indeed be troubled times ahead in hifi world.   Join the club!😱

@grislybutter I am with you.  I support earnest reviewers and am not a fan of drama queens. 

@thecarpathian I will try.  

It’s an interesting topic but in the end who cares? It is what it is. Everyone has their own approach and let the cards fall where they may. Just all take a chill pill or two and  keep the reviews and all forms of useful information coming. Bring it on! Hifi drama is really pretty insignificant on the grand scale of things. Good listening and cheers!

Do the $30k speakers have holes in them?  Inquiring minds want to know.  

Was looking for a picture of the $30k Tektons?

mapman, Trust me here... it’s being done and I am under no obligation to share how any of it’s done beyond what I’ve said already.

That’s OK. I’ll take it for what’s it worth. I can see where a 2 ohm speaker could easily sound like a 8 ohm speaker, but I would attribute that to the amp being a champ, not the speakers. Wouldn’t happen with just any amp.

I tend to agree with another vendor here who asserts an amp will always distort less with a higher impedance speaker than a low impedance speaker because it does not have to work as hard. That makes sense to me. The question will be how much more? With a champ amp that’s up to the task at hand it may not matter much if at all.

I would be interested in the answer to the question about supposedly claimed "same" sound when built with different impedance characteristics by design. No clue how that can be. I would think the amp used alone would be a big factor in resulting sound with 2 ohm nominal impedance versus 8.    Not buying that without some explanation, but if none that’s OK.

Nothing more dangerous than polarized audiophiles. ‼️

Speakers all pretty much do the same thing. People choose what they like and how much to pay based on whatever it is that matters to them. Ginormous speakers that cost less than other less humongous designs certainly will have a niche. That’s Tekton. Take ‘em or leave em. Just like any others.  The arguments about what’s better are really pretty silly.   Unless you got something to sell that is. 

MI found a good local deal on a used pair of Sonus Faber Concerto Domus. Lovely sounding and looking speakers. My wife made no gripes about these in the family room. They are a delight and definitely ooze class and refinement. 👍

My opinion is Tekton started out (like Zu) offering some unique products for very competitive prices to the "high end market" , but once established in the "high end" market, vendors then also attempt to milk it by offering more expensive high profit margin options and also using that as a tool to raise prices on the most cost effective products that got them there. All vendors seem to do it and I can’t blame them. High price, high profit items are hard for vendors to resist selling. It works well for speakers in particular in that other than tweaks, speakers have always had the highest profit margins associated with them, while profit margins on electronics tend to come in last. So tweaks and speakers are where it’s at as a vendor to boost profit margins. That’s just how our system works. Not blaming or singling out Tekton in particular.

Ohm speakers have been somewhat of an exception. The high end has never been a prime focus for Ohm, more high performance products that people can actually afford and use. Yes prices have gone up in recent years but the most expensive models still come in at not much more than $10K (largest models with built in powered subs), though just a few years back, that number was more like $6K. Gotta factor in that most everything is more expensive these days as a result of various factors including supply chains choked by the pandemic, tariffs and just plain out corporate greed.

I’ll just say size does matter when it comes to speakers and leave it at that.