Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering


Like many of you, I have been pondering purchasing these speakers but am very curious about the unusual tweeter array. I asked the smartest speaker person that I know (he is a student of Sean Olive) about the design and below is what he had to say.   

"In theory it could work, but the driver spacing means that the crossover point would need to be very low.
He is using the SB acoustics tweeter which is 72mm in diameter, center to center on the outside opposing drivers is around 5.7 inches, which is about 2400Hz. This means that combing would stop between 1/4 to 1/2 of the wavelength (between 1200-600Hz) is where the outside tweeters should start playing nice with each other.
Since he is not using low enough crossover points he has created a comb filtering monster. Now while it's not the great point source that was promised, it's no worse than most line arrays and the combing will average itself out given enough listening distance.

The MTM spacing on the other hand is ridiculous. Hopefully he is cutting the top end off on one of those midrange drivers to avoid combing."

seanheis1
grannyring,

Thank You very much,

Get that soldering iron fired up no telling what you may mod next.


Kenny.

missioncoonery, why the sour grapes man? The guy answered the question you asked. He bought something he liked but wanted to make it better. We all do that to everything we buy, to the extent our abilities allow. I bought a brand new Harley and the first thing I did was change the intake and the exhaust to make it "better".

What am I missing here?

@kalali- you're not missing anything. I think if you do a google search for the term "internet troll" it will become very clear. It's a shame. This was a helpful thread otherwise.
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Hi schw06, 
Your kind comments are appreciated.  I'd add kdude66 (kenny) to your list. He's a very competent modifier of audio equipment and has much experience with a wide assortment of top notch amplifiers and speakers.  He knows his stuff 😊
Charles