Tekton Double Impacts

@hiendmmoe - I also have to disagree with your basic premise. I have not heard these speakers myself, but I'm not willing to dismiss them based on the cost of the drivers.

While I agree that, in most cases, a higher priced driver is likely to have lower distortion at a given SPL, the fact that Tekton tends to use a lot more drivers than is typical can easily overcome this disadvantage.

In my experience, transducer distortion is non-linear with power, meaning the distortion goes up faster than the SPL as a driver is pushed harder. So even if a given driver is not as "good" as a high-priced speaker driver, the multiple high-efficiency drivers are working a lot less hard in the Tekton (particularly the multi-driver array used for the midrange) and therefore are likely to be able to deliver a higher level of performance than a speaker with a much smaller number of somewhat better drivers.

From everything I've read and heard about these speakers (particularly the DI and Moab), these speakers deliver an excellent sound quality level for the dollar and are comparable SQ-wise with speakers that cost considerably more. 

Even without hearing them, I believe this could easily be the case based on their design.  A large cabinet with lots of drivers can overcome a lot of limitations from the modest quality drivers. 

The other thing to take into account is that Tekton is a direct-to-consumer business. While this doesn't completely eliminate the costs of the "middle-man" since Tekton has to handle the customer issues directly, it does mean there is one less business in the middle that has to earn a profit. 

If I wasn't happy with my DIY GR-Research open-baffle speakers, I would definitely be looking seriously at the Tekton speakers (particularly the DI and Moab). 

@jaytor Perfectly stated, I wouldn't change one word!  👌 

hiend.
I am calling you a fool because you came to a decision about the speakers, without ever hearing them.You called them a fad. Here today gone tomorrow you said.

Quality comes at every level and quality cost money at every level. Some of the statements proclaiming it beat out designs in the 30-40k range seem to really stretch it a bit. I suspect these statements are based more on infatuations with with the design concept and the sonic results than the quality level of the presentation. I don’t thing speaker manufacturers who produce speakers costing many times their price have to worry! In fact I doubt manufacturers at this price point are loosing any sleep over them either.

You SUSPECT someone who says that they beat out 30K speakers, are just infatuated with the design concept and the sonic results more than the quality of the presentation.... HUH. ?. That statement is a huge OXYMORON . . If the design concept is good and you are infatuated with the sonic results of it ,then that is a quality presentation.
What is the quality level of a presentation ????. If it sounds good sonically , then that is a high quality presentation.
Then you say "you don’t think that speaker manufacturers who make speakers costing many times more have to worry."
In the next sentence you say that "IN FACT you DOUBT" that speaker manufacturers are losing any sleep over the Tektons.
That is quite the Oxymoron. All of your statements here are.
And you wonder why i call you a FOOL.....????
Well you have made it quite obvious .

The Tekton design principle is that in order to accurately reproduce the full range of timbral harmonics that are the hallmark of the various instruments the moving mass of the driver must be close to the moving mass of the instrument. A single big massive midrange simply cannot accurately replicate the sonic signature of a much less massive violin or guitar string, for example. But a whole bunch of much smaller lower mass drivers can do this easily.

It is this conceptual leap of genius that renders moot the old school paradigm of having to use big expensive drivers. So its not only foolish to dismiss this as a fad, its technologically ignorant, and luddite as well. Dismissing actual reviewer listening impressions without any first hand knowledge to the contrary is pure arrogance.

grey9hound is, if anything, being kind.

@millercarbon.Well said sir!  Perfect!