Rebbi,
What you say about snickering on Parts Connection is what bugs me about the so-called audiophile community. What they ridicule can be said for 85% of their own equipment that they purchase. If they can do it so well why don't they have the guts to manufacture and give a quality design at an Everyman price point? Let's operate in the cliche way, step on someone's throat to elevate one's self. They have no understanding of the difficulties being a small business. They may claim too, but don't actually.
Personally, I've owned a reasonable amount of expensive audio equipment.
From my experience the Tekton performs in a stellar manner. YMMV. As cliches go, every model punches way above it's weight. Did you actually read Tim Smith's review in 6 moons or Wall of Sound, Positive Feedback, Stereomojo, Enjoy the Music, Part-Time Audiophile and other publications? Are their writers honorable and truthful, or the opposite? Why has this speaker bran garnered so many recent rewards and rave reviews? The owner of Tekton certainly isn't spending big ad bucks in Stereophile or The Absolute Sound. No, the reason that Tekton has gotten some attention is they happen to be musical and do the audiophile stuff in a splendid
manner at a reasonable cost.
Some folks appreciate what it takes to accomplish that while twits snicker. I say hooray for people like Israel Blume and Eric Akexander who have provided the audiophile or anyone interested in music with quality products to exploit the music.
Instead of snarky snickers people like Blume and Alexander ought to get cheers. And they are by word-of-mouth, getting awards from quality writers and their publications.
