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Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers

We have had many discussions/arguments over tekton speakers in the past, mainly involving a couple posters who thought their $4000 tektons sounded better than the highest price Wilson’s and other high budget speakers.

In the latest Stereophile magazine, they did a review of the $30,000 tekton’s. In this Steteophile issue, they rate these $30,000 tekton’s as class B. When you look at the other speakers that are in the class B section, you will notice most of these speakers range in price from $5000-$8000. So it looks like you have to spend $30,000 on a pair of tekton’s to equal a pair of $5000 Klipsch Forte IV’s sound quality. 
If I compare these $30,000 class B tekton’s, to some of the class A speakers, there are some class A speakers for 1/2 the price (Dutch & Dutch 8C, Goldenear triton reference), or other class A speakers that are cheaper (Magico A5, Kef blade 2).

 

 

p05129
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thecarpathian
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🎶"Burning down the house..."🎵🎶

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mahgister
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In audio bad publicity is not as in Politics better than no publicity... Politician under lobbies pressures sell wind or farts most of the time , designer sell product someone must review...

Threatening legal pursuit is the worst publicity a designer can think about ... I think Tekton designer is not very smart ... Sorry... And he must win the case... Good luck to him if the reviewer do not use any slander nor backbiting as it seems the case...

 

I guess Tekton got the attention now

rsf507
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Wow if this is true regarding Tekton threatening legal action about a bad review well that just is low. Tekton is off my to hear list at Axpona. 

ddafoe
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I read about this earlier in the week on ASR in the following thread

https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/legal-fund-for-reviewers-erin.53577/

which is discussing creating a legal fund for the reviewer; very sad...

p05129 OP
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I don’t care about measurements, nor do I care about reviewers opinions, I use my ears. I do look at specs from the vendor and it’s me that determines if theirs synergy amongst the pieces. 
I’m glad that these 4 guys came out with this YouTube video. I also looked at the positive reviews of these speakers that were talked about and the positive reviews did not have the feet installed, but the negative reviews were in question because there were no feet installed. You don’t get it both ways.

I have seen prior rebuttals from vendors that disagreed with some of these reviewers but they came back with valid reasons why it measured the way it did. Then the customer can decide who they will side with. I never heard of a manufacturer threatening a reviewer. All reviewers must have an umbrella insurance package to make sure they won’t go under from these frivolous threats.

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