Tekton Double Impacts

Muzikmann,

I applaud you building a dedicated listening room first. I think you'll find it to be one of the best audio investments you can make. If done right it will provide an environment for all of your components to shine......especially speakers. Good luck with your build. 

lol Eric, the 10 inch driver is but one small change in the list of many as you know. How do you know which woofers I had? These have also changed over the months as you know. The biggest improvements, yes improvements, came from wire and crossover parts upgrades. Most notable are improvements gained by replacing key position electrolytic caps with quality film caps. The list goes on from there. All these combined upgrades did in fact improve the sound of the speaker in key areas such as resolution, imaging, tonalily, refinement and everything else one would expect from better XO parts.

I did not improve your design, I simply improved the execution through much better quality parts, spacing the inductors further apart (they are too close together in the small cab space) , better wire, damping etc..,

These are things you would do if these sold for $6000. Wait, you do some of this in the SE.

@greg22lz,
It’s all good.

@mac48025,
I agree. And please share your experience with the SE’s when you receive them.

@audioarchon

If this is right, essentially, the speakers would be corner loaded.  In such a setup I believe that you preferred a class D amp over a tube amp.

I do realize tube amps are less forgiving and much more particular in their set-up requirements. That said, members with better environments have sold-off all of their tube equipment after purchasing a class D amp. I can also assure you, the difference in the sound was significant enough where I sincerely believe, even with a perfect room, and all the stars aligned for the tube amp, I would have still chosen the class D. It sounded better with no correction. And if your point is that the class D controls the transducers better than a tube amp, which allows it more flexibility, then my point is made.  

Grannyring,

It's all good. Know I respect your thoughts/opinions. Your boards look fantastic too. 

Eric