@213runnin. Can't believe I'm jumping in here, because I am as skeptical as probably anyone on the implications that everything else is obsolete, that they "slay" well-reviewed and established $30k-ish "competitors," and that the patent would ever win the day. Quite frankly, some of it is a bit off-putting, but no doubt that the designer is proud of his designs, and, judging by the feedback he's getting, seems he has reason to be.
I've never heard any of the Tektons. Have you heard them? Are you trying to bait the fanboys?
Most interesting, to me, in all of this banter on A-gon and a few other sites, is the absence of folks, who have given or can give credible first-hand accounts, who have said much less than "the Tektons are pretty good, but didn't work for me" or "I don't think they actually compete with many speakers many times the price, but they're good for what they are." I haven't seen anyone say anything like, "I bought them based on the hype, and as much as I wanted to like them and as hard as I tried to make them work with otherwise good matching gear, they are just overpriced cheap crap and sound like garbled poo."
If they are out there, could someone share or point in that direction?
Seems, of course, they won't be to everyone's preference, but most of the reports suggest that one would get at least a speaker punching in its weight class and possibly/probably above, if not at $30k+, to the extent price may generally corresponds to performance/quality.
Anyway, sure, if they missed the mark by 6db, some 'splainin' should be in order.
I'm not defending anything or anyone, but, at least for the DIs, looks like those tweeters retail for about 55 bucks each. There are 14 of them. 770 bucks just in tweeters in a $3k speaker is already quite a budget ratio compared to most speakers using OEM drivers. Of course, Tekton isn't paying retail, but neither are the other companies using "better" OEM tweeters.
This split between instant fanboys and haters who have not heard just seems really odd.
