Tekton tweeter design

Erik.... whether someone is a tekton fan or not....many are curious as to what the array is and how it works....so thanks for the link. 


Maybe  your thread name should be “Tekton Tweeter Array Design and Workings”. 


Two things the diy thread doesn’t touch on.........( and might just be opinion anyway)


1.  Is the top end... the portion covered by the single tweeter only as good as the tweeter being used?..... and


2.  Is the midrange being covered by multiple tweeters arrayed together potentially better than a high single high quality midrange?


And finally... as pointed out in the diy thread... how does tekton sell the impact monitors for $2000 delivered when the drivers alone retail for more than $800. 


Again, thanks... fun and informative. 

1 - Yes, if you mean, the quality of the sound. However, it's the dispersion that's the key unique attribute of this design.

2 - The controlled dispersion is the main attribute of the array. It will act more like a line array or ESL in that it will have a rather large mid range, with the top end of a tweeter.


It would be interesting to compare an arrangement like this with something much more conventional, like an Eminence coax.

In the case of this particular speaker, one thing I noted was the choice of low crossover slopes between the 6" (or whatever) mid-woofers and the tweet array.


I felt off axis response could be greatly improved, especially vertically.


Patrick, having examined the actual parts, also makes the point that there are some parts that seemingly don't have to be there at all.

I noticed “problems” with the vertical dispersion of this tweeter array. The highs seemed to change a lot with small changes in listening position height. No big deal I guess, just something I noticed with the impact monitors I owned.

Hi @travbrow

Part of it is by design. Having a tight beam means less room interference. The speakers will sound more like headphones when you are in the sweet spot.


But part of it was how they tweeters would remain integrated off axis. That part is clearly lacking based on the measurements.