Tekton Double Impacts

csmgolf,
agree with you, why bother to give anyone who wants to see or hear the speaker their only chance before buying it.  After all, it must be expensive to buy a room or booth. 

james, that would be true if you weren’t talking about a one hundred pound speaker. I would hesitate with that kind of unwieldy weight.

I have been to both RMAF and Axpona. Travel 1300 miles to RMAF or 300 to Axpona when the vast majority of the exhibitors are the same at both shows? Travel another 1000 miles to hear one speaker? I think not. They have a dealer in the immediate area and still don't have a presence. I have auditioned one Tekton speaker that many on the internet praised, the Pendragon. I am glad I heard them first. While they were not bad, I would not purchase them. The trial period would only interest me if I heard the DI first and I found them to be significantly better than the Pendragon. Then it would be a matter of whether they work in my room or not and I would be willing to try. Shipping speakers, especially large ones, is a PITA and I choose to avoid it when I can. If the aspiration is to prove that you have the best speaker in the world and you want to be one of the big boys, then be where the big boys are and show your stuff. It just doesn't seem that difficult, particularly when a dealer is right there. All of this is just IMHO.

My 2 cents. Home auditions are the way to go especially for speakers. Next best is an extended listen at a dealer or someone's home who owns the speakers. Way too many variables to make a meaningful decision at a show. Just take Eric up on his return policy and if you don't want to do that because the speakers are too heavy - just move-on.  

Sbayne, 
Words of wisdom.  
Charles