Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?

Aniwolfe+1, If I get tired on my monitor impact which is very unlikely, I will use them as my headboard..

@Runnin since you insulted me again I’ll need to rebuke.

Small minded? When it comes to audio, no. My comment that Rainmakers suck compared to Double Impacts was not made out of anger, it comes from experience and ownership of both products. I can probably setup a demo in your area to compare them so you can hear for yourself. I know a guy in Surrey that just got DI’s. On the other side of the coin if someone has a $1200 budget for a little bookshelf speaker Rainmakers are one of my first recommendations along with Focal Aria and Revel Concerta 2. My seconday speakers right now are ELAC UF5 Uni-Fi’s so no snobbery here. They certainly suck compared to DI’s and Enzo XL’s. Being open minded means speaking negatively of things you may like, or love to effectively share information with people that have different views. It’s just an opinion, try and take it with a grain of salt.

It would also be nice to have an actual debate instead of reading your endless childish pokes and knee-jerk reactions after your comments get shut down by other members. Try sticking to facts and following through.

Speaking of getting shut down...It seems like every one of your posts contains something wrong. MDF is used in many pricey speaker designs. For example the Focal Gamma Structure utilized in Sopra and Utopia models uses MDF. Please see the quote from Focal below.

"At Focal, we use MDF (medium-density fibreboard) to achieve this. It may seem a "low-tech" solution compared to some cabinet materials employed today but MDF has inherent advantages that we believe make it the optimum material from which to construct a loudspeaker.

First, it is dense enough and stiff enough – when used in a thick, heavy front baffle – to resist the magnet reaction force from the drive units. As the driver diaphragm is forced forwards by the voice coil, an equal force acts in the opposite direction on the drive unit chassis. This is one of the major inputs of vibrational energy to the cabinet and it must be resisted. This requires not just a thick baffle but also meticulously placed internal bracing. Too stiff a cabinet, though, can be as bad as one which is not stiff enough because it pushes structural resonances up in frequency to a part of the spectrum where the ear is more sensitive.

Second, MDF has something resembling a sandwich structure, in which the faces on each side of the board are denser than its core. As well as contributing to stiffness, this endows MDF with good internal damping to help suppress vibrations when they occur."

I can provide other manufacturers if you need more validation but quoting one of the best speaker makers should get the point across.

When reading Grannyrings previous posts it becomes obvious to me that he knows more than I do about speaker internals. His actions inspired me to try upgrading an already great sounding speaker which resulted in the best product I’ve owned at half the cost of my last speakers (Martin Logan ESL 15A.) I too have opened up expensive speakers just to find cheap parts inside. I hate to state the obvious but only statement level products are built with cost-no-object budgets.

Going over Hfaddicts other posts shows me he is a respectful and open minded guy that genuinely appreciates the exchange of ideas. The only negative post I could find is pointed at you in a respectful manner, so he must be the problem right?

Good grief James, you really need to get a life.

You start a thread on canuckaudiomart about Tekton, and in short order start praising the Double Impacts, which you freely admit cost you $4900 Canadian dollars. You say:

They are an absolute steal for what I paid.

and

They continue to be one of the best things I have heard in 20+ years of the hobby.

You also casually mention that you’ve owned more $5000+ speakers than you care to mention, which is an interesting boast. Anyway, in that thread others start buying Tektons and some having horrible customer service and experiences. Meanwhile, you do your usual thing and grow tired of the Tektons and start praising Tyler Acoustics which you buy, no doubt spending over $5000 again.

So you lead many people to buy Tektons at your recommendation and then sell them and move on to something else. How many times have you done this, James? What kind of person continually moves from $5000 speaker to speaker, sucking in others to buy as well, and some reporting awful experiences BTW.

Perusing your posts, I notice you posted in the "Best pair of speakers you’ve owned" thread in Canuckaudiomart. You didn’t mention the Tekton DI, James, which you misled several people to buy, why is that? Instead you mention Marten Miles 5. Hopefully the people you sucked into buying Tektons aren’t reading your posts to see how you flit from speaker to speaker, and realize you’re like a used car salesman.

Which is why I suggest you need to get a life. And, no thanks, I don’t need to spend time with you comparing speakers there up in Vernon BC. I’ve no interest in taking advice from someone whose advice changes from month to month.

Or thinks it’s in good taste to post a picture of an Afro American man tapping his head, with the caption, " Can’t snort coke through a rolled up bit coin!" That’s racist and disgusting, James.(I’d copy and post it here so others can see the real you, but I’m sure the racist tone would be against the rules) I can’t believe you posted that, but it’s a perfect illustration of your strange behaviour. Posing as a high minded audiophile "rebuking" me on one hand, and then posting some bigoted picture in canuckaudiomart.

Tell you what, brother, I'm done with you.  I wish this forum had the ignore function, but I expect I can do alright ignoring you without it.

Again with the nonsensical and personal attacks. You literally have nothing and can’t stick to facts. It’s pretty obvious here who "needs to get a life". More childish knee-jerk reactions on your part.

DI’s still continue to be one of the best things I’ve heard and an absolute steal for the price. Nothing has changed there nor have I said anything to contradict my statements. Only your twisted realty makes it anything different.

No one is being "sucked in" and every hobbyist I know has a mind of their own. I’ve been buying and evaluating gear for more years than I can recall so playing it off as a negative doesn’t work with me. This experience has been invaluable working in the industry. My current speakers are the best I’ve heard in room and Marten Miles 5 are the best I’ve had for the size so of course I’ll share that info on a thread. I also think DI’s are the best for the price but why echo what I already said in the Tekton thread. Speaking negatively about products I like is a really great used car salesman pitch, nice logic.

If posting a meme of Kayode Ewumi as his MC Roll Safe character comes off as racist and bigoted you are really out of touch. If you just see that as an African American (he is Anglo-Nigerian BTW) and not a popular comedy character known for ridiculous comments that is very concerning, colour has nothing to do with it. You might as well start getting upset at Micheal Scott memes, maybe he is a white supremacist? Yet another facepalm moment. Hopefully you really are done with me. It would be nice to have troll free discussions.

+1 MDF 

As for Zu Audio & Tekton etc and hype over the du jour latest and greatest “reinvention of the loudspeaker”. Today’s hype is quickly forgotten and becomes yesterdays fad. Only a few speakers become multi-decade classics and the rest in as little as 10 years will become long forgotten curiosities...