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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
grislybutter
3,389 posts
 

@newfzx7 if you watch Erin's video, he shows all the correspondence between them. So yes, I have read and watched the facebook posts, emails, discussions as they have been published without redaction and there is nothing more to the puzzle. 

There is also the Tekton guy's video that's just so disturbing in so many ways. It confirms what Erin says but puts that weird spin on what litigation means.

 

My original post was meant to show to the consequences to others by bashing and spreading information which may not be accurate. 

I agree with that - that it would be unfair to the vendor to spread misinformation about their product

audition__audio
1,525 posts
 

After the Eric video everything became very clear. Classic case of any number of disturbing qualities were portrayed. As far as I am concerned Erin really isnt of much interest in this story. 

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thecarpathian
4,837 posts
 

He will be writing reviews in court, paying me for damages, as he cries a river to guys like you.

@deep_333 ,

The only one crying was the owner of Tekton. Have you not been paying attention?

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mbmi
590 posts
 

2 years ago I ordered the Tekton Pendragons with the 7 tweeter array for $2500....I don't know of another $2500 speaker that's even close when it comes to being musical...easy to listen to for hours....detailed but never harsh and just an overall fun speaker that anyone can enjoy ALL types of recordings. The best $2500 I've ever spent.

yyzsantabarbara
4,941 posts
 

A speaker that is close to the Pendragons at that cost would be a Magnepan LRS+.

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