Tekton versus Klipsch


Hi, 

I am exploring tube amp friendly speakers.

I have listened to Cornwall 4's and Goldenear 2's.

Can anyone share how the sound of the Tektons, say Double Impacts, would compare to the other two brands?

Thanks for listening,

Dsper
dsper
While I have not heard the Tekton, I can say that matching components to speakers is a big deal, and there is probably a combination that will make them sound subjectively good.

My current journey started with Heresy IIIs and a McIntosh integrated… sorely disappointing. Moved those out of the way for Cornwall IIIs and was only a little happier. 
A friend found a pair of 300b SET monoblocks for me, and “that has made all the difference” with the Cornwalls.  A second set of 300b monoblocks are driving the Heresy IIIs in my dining room/office, and they are doing exactly what I hoped for from the beginning. 
Many will say, “duh.” But tuition is part of the deal. 
My Viking 62 is class one fishing machine. It weigh close to 100,000 pound and go 42 knot. Quit dilly dally with say this speaker so much better than that at bargain price point. Built the best and stock holding Putz thinking about value nobody but cheap or can’t afford stress about value. Who wants echo chanber big refrigerators box for ding dong. I have big Maggie in my gym and looking to get smaller Maggie with rel woofer for boat salon. Happy fish
@charles1dad Hi Charles, you are correct and we don’t see much discussion either. The truth is, I really don’t believe most designers have delve deeply into series crossover networks.... I’ve done a fair amount of work and have come up with Truth’s of the differences.
So, why use one or the other? Normally a designer uses series or parallel because they are more familiar with one over the other, but in reality depending on the drivers used, a series or parallel could be better than the other. So why? In theory there really is no difference, say using a speaker that has perfectly benign load, say a ribbon could get there, but in reality:
Resistance and inductance...... Think of an impedance compensation circuit in a crossover....In a parallel crossover, we series a combination of cap, resistor and/or coil to flatten out a speakers impedance bump. Now on the crossover itself in a low pass on a woofer depending on first, second or third order, we would already add a combination of these parts in series. In parallel vs series, the part would be somewhat reversed. So, in one case or the other, the crossover part would work differently toward the natural inductance and resistance of the woofer itself.
So depending on the woofers natural resistance and inductance, the odds are that with one or the other design, we could cut down on the parts by needing less compensation or a better impedance or phase with this driver vs the other type crossover.
In my experience, its the drivers own impedance, inductance and capacitance that dictate which type crossover to use, just as frequency response dictates which order we would use.
So one would not necessarily sound better than the other, but could depending on the drivers in a speaker in their entirety.
I hope this is written in a way that makes sense for all, Tim