I have only once heard a single model of their speaker, the Double Impact, at the Capital Audiofest in 2017. I thought it was a very good sounding speaker. For my particular taste, it seemed to be a good bargain, but, there are certainly other speakers that compete at their price point (e.g., Rethm Bhaava).
Do the Double Impacts beat some speaker costing many multiples of its price? For my taste, yes, of course it does. There are many speakers that sound better to me than stuff that is much more expensive. That is the case because taste/priorities vary. That does NOT mean that the pricier stuff is a rip off or that the cheaper stuff is a spectacular bargain--the value still depends largely on personal preferences. The only time a review that says--that one particular item sounds better than another at three times the price-- has some meaning would be if the two items being compared sound identical (to the reviewer anyway). Most of these types of claims involve wildly different sounding gear so the comparison has no meaning.
I don't know personally about the business practices of Tekton. But, I don't see anything wrong with the practice of permitting in-home audition with a $400 return fee if the item is not purchased. In-home audition involves considerable cost and risk--inspection and testing of the returned product, re-packaging, losses due to damage, etc., and the fee constitutes one form or risk sharing. Buying at a store involves a different bargain--one hears the speaker, but not in one's own home, and the cost is about twice as much.
Do the Double Impacts beat some speaker costing many multiples of its price? For my taste, yes, of course it does. There are many speakers that sound better to me than stuff that is much more expensive. That is the case because taste/priorities vary. That does NOT mean that the pricier stuff is a rip off or that the cheaper stuff is a spectacular bargain--the value still depends largely on personal preferences. The only time a review that says--that one particular item sounds better than another at three times the price-- has some meaning would be if the two items being compared sound identical (to the reviewer anyway). Most of these types of claims involve wildly different sounding gear so the comparison has no meaning.
I don't know personally about the business practices of Tekton. But, I don't see anything wrong with the practice of permitting in-home audition with a $400 return fee if the item is not purchased. In-home audition involves considerable cost and risk--inspection and testing of the returned product, re-packaging, losses due to damage, etc., and the fee constitutes one form or risk sharing. Buying at a store involves a different bargain--one hears the speaker, but not in one's own home, and the cost is about twice as much.