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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).

 

 

p05129
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skeptikal
12 posts
 

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.

thecarpathian
4,185 posts
 

@skeptikal ,

You must have a heck of a time finding a hat that fits...

audition__audio
1,339 posts
 

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.  

tektondesign
205 posts
 

 

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

 

tektondesign
205 posts
 

audition_audio, I guess that's one way of seeing it. You go on remaining skeptical and I'll hope you'll stumble on the opportunity to listen to a pair of Moab's in the future; if we're both lucky it'll be a one-off custom version with some oddball option... : ) 

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