Why People Like Tekton

Why wouldn't an audiophile want to hear everything on the record that was created by the artist? You certainly hear them it at a concert. My goal is to get the sounds as close to live music as possible or at least feel like I am in the studio with them? That doesn't mean it isn't musical. Bright I guess means distorted or harsh, which nobody likes.

Did you notice how there is a $5600 tweeter up grade available for the $3150 Double Impact?  The upgrade costs more than the rest of the loudspeaker.  If the stock loudspeaker is so good, why do you need an upgrade that costs 150% more?

What you've got here is a big painted box with a pile of low cost drivers.  Remember at $3150, they have to make money, so they've got about $600 worth of drivers in the whole package.  That's 14 tweeters, 4 mid bass drivers and 4 bass drivers.  I suggest that you go to Parts-Express or Madisound and price out what it would cost to build your own clone.

Big boxes with cheap drivers.  Looks impressive.

I have a low opinion of the Tekton design principals.  It is flawed in many ways; however, the above claim ("build your own clone") truly devalues the work in the design of these speakers.  The designer in essence has created a a coxial driver without some of the design problems exhibited by some coaxials (the movement of the mid affecting the dispersion of the tweeter).  His solution has obvious flaws, but clearly many like his solution.  The crossover design for the "coaxial" driver the design creates is clearly not a simply design that any diy hack can just implement (unless they have access to the actual x-over used by the speaker). So arguing that one can just build their "own clone" suggests that you have a poor understanding of the design.

Since I have never owned or even auditioned any of Tekton's line of speakers, I can't personally comment on their quality or sound, but much of what the Thomas & Stereo video expressed, regarding the Tektons being affordable and musical, I can appreciate.

A few years back, in a friends large, well dampened audio room I auditioned a quite expensive pair of two way speakers on dedicated elaborate stands. At first listen, I was very impressed with their mid range punch and detail and crisp highs, but after a half hour of listening, at only moderate levels, my head and ears hurt. For comparison, we next set up a small pair of Gershmans and then a pair of 1.7 Maggies. I quick decided that I much preferred the sound of the little Gershmans and the little Maggies and both were less than 1/4 the cost.

I do like detail and dynamics, but not at the expense of being musical and enjoyable to listen to for long periods without fatigue. My little Maggies seem to fit the bill for me - being both musical and detailed and I can see the OPs point, regarding the Tektons and other speakers mentioned that lean towards their sound......Jim

I think on posts about components and speakers there should be a filtering question: “Have you actually heard it?” and if you click “no“ it redirects you to a completely different forum post, perhaps titled “Uninformed Drivel.”