Tekton 4-10 Subwoofer

@bstatmeister  Thanks for the sub up!

Hello bstatmeister,

I agree, it does look cool. Are you planning on using this just for music, just for HT or both? What size is your room?

It’s fairly well know that 2 subs will sound and perform about twice as good as 1 sub, regardless of the exact sub considered, in almost any room. The bass will be smoother, faster, more dynamic, more detailed and more natural for music as well as having greater impact on music and HT.
If you want the best bass performance in your room, a pair of either of these subs, with both properly positioned, will outperform one of the Tekton 4-10 subs. For music, I’d suggest either a pair of the Rythmik L12 subs for $1,098:

www.rythmikaudio.com/L12.html

Or, a pair of the SVS SB subs for $998:

https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-1000?

Utilizing a pair of good quality subs will also make it easier to seamlessly integrate or blend the bass from the subs with your main speakers.
Another option is utilizing 2 Tekton 4-10 subs which might look twice as cool and sound twice as good as just one but they’d cost $1,600.

Tim

Would second Mij...and Eric. Thanks for the interesting thread.

I still love my bipolar speakers to this day, eventhough 25 years old,  for the wide soundstage, concert hall like. I think it helps with bass too, connected to a Bob latino st70.

Not sure why, as it appears that Tekton makes good products and are highly liked, but their specifications consistently have no basis in reality.  For example, every speaker test I have seen has shown their actual sensitivity is more than 6db lower than rated.  Here are their relevant specs for the subwoofer:

• High-efficiency acoustic suspension sealed enclosure that will produce up to 120dB of high fidelity bass output!
• Frequency response 20Hz - 120Hz - we recommend a final x-over setting between 60Hz-80Hz
• Dimensions: 45.5" tall x 13" wide x 17" deep
• 100dB sensitivity 2.83V @ 1m
• 300 WRMS amplifier

My issues with the specs are:

1)  There is no way they are 100db/w sensitive.  I would be shocked if they are over 90db/w sensitive.  But why even claim a number, it is irrelevant for a powered subwoofer.  
2)  A mini monitor can do 20-120 hz, but will be 20-30db down at 20 hz from 100hz.  Without a db range, the specification is meaningless.  Realistically, with using a plate amp and equalization, these should have a -6db point of 30hz or lower, so why not give an actual specification.  
3)  120db output, yes, at 100hz on a good day.  At 30 hz with a 300 watt amp, max output will be in the 105db range, which is still a lot of output for most people (home theater guys running reference levels want 115db at 20hz).  

Again, not picking on the product, it looks like a nice product at a very fair price, but why not provide real specs, or if Tekton doesn't want to provide real specs, no specs?