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Tekton Open Baffle Speakers
I see they have new open baffle speakers with 15 inch woofers that can be pre-ordered for 3000 bucks. After the pre-order period they will be 7K.
Has anyone heard a prototype of this speaker? At this price point it's tempting to order and sell if I don't like it. I have 4 two channel systems and a vibrant stereo kit graveyard.
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@ricevs I agree with your analysis. I've heard some similar priced full range open baffle speakers whose designers took into consideration time alignment through physical and/or electrical (crossover) design. Tekton apparently does neither. Some engineers say that my EAR 912 and 890 gear have cheap parts and poor design. Yes, but the designer was brilliant and still achieved high end results creating unique products which alleviate additional parts count such as huge power regulation to remove ripple effects.From hearing and reading about Tekton's, I'd rather own Duntechs/Dunlavys. Since I prefer a multi-listener experience, I desire a wide dispersion speaker such as a Von Schwiekert whose goal is a disappearing speaker which creates the live performance rather than a rendering or recreation of it. I'd rather own a B&W speaker, used and older than a Tekton for the same priceMy current Legacy Signature IIIs are superior (and really inexpensive). They have good, not expensive crossovers which permit this speaker to speak linearly, with one voice. Quite a feat for a 4.5 way, eight driver speaker. Deep, textured and dynamic bass like a decent separate subwoofer. That new Tekton won't do that. It physically can't. |