Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers


We have had many discussions/arguments over tekton speakers in the past, mainly involving a couple posters who thought their $4000 tektons sounded better than the highest price Wilson’s and other high budget speakers.

In the latest Stereophile magazine, they did a review of the $30,000 tekton’s. In this Steteophile issue, they rate these $30,000 tekton’s as class B. When you look at the other speakers that are in the class B section, you will notice most of these speakers range in price from $5000-$8000. So it looks like you have to spend $30,000 on a pair of tekton’s to equal a pair of $5000 Klipsch Forte IV’s sound quality. 
If I compare these $30,000 class B tekton’s, to some of the class A speakers, there are some class A speakers for 1/2 the price (Dutch & Dutch 8C, Goldenear triton reference), or other class A speakers that are cheaper (Magico A5, Kef blade 2).

 

 

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Had you thought about an option of making a Moab with just one central beryllium tweeter (used as the tweeter) with the others making up the "midrange" of regular composition?

It seems like you would get most of the real benefits (i.e., high end extension) with little real additional expense.

Moabs do have the option of just a single beryllium tweeter.  There is also the option of one beryllium and the midrange tweeters in ceramic.  And an option for upgraded crossovers.  Tekton has more customization options than anyone else as far as I can tell.

You can call it product development, but the fact remains that in order to get the most from each type of driver you must do a great deal of modification to the crossover. This is not a one size fits all scenario. I remain skeptical but then again I am not your target consumer.  

 

toddalin, skeptikal is correct. We've even build a Mundorf planar AMT [air motion transformer].