Tekton haters and bashers you just got a new target!


seamaster300m

Showing 4 responses by erik_squires

The Tweeters used in Tektons top models are Scanspeak

@mbmi

Um... if you mean these...

Those are SB Acoustics / Satori Be tweeters. One of the models associated with this one:

 

I just read the Tekton patent. Good luck enforcing it, both for prior art (McIntosh and others) as well as lack of specificity of what makes the Tekton patent special.

I’m not a patent attorney but this reads like an attempt to get a patent by obfuscation.

PS - As I've said I've never heard a Tekton and I think there is quite a bit of innovation both in getting SB Acoustics to make them affordable and to using the array like they have.  Is it patentable?  Well only if you consider prior art and explain why it's new or different than others.

Sorry people, today I've been typing fast and have mixed up Mundorf, Magico and Monitor already.  I beg your patience.

 

Erik

I’ve never been in the Tekton bashing business. Never heard them but thought they had some interesting ways to create a coaxial speaker. Everyone criticizing them for comb filtering was wrong. Everyone.

I want to say a couple of things about Monitor Audio:

  • Their AMT tweets are legitimately awesome
  • The side-ways midwoofers are absolutely fascinating to me

Let me explain. I’ve been toying with the idea of line arrays which face inwards like this for a while based on the idea that Doppler distortion vanishes at 90 degrees to the driver’s axis. Some of us believe that Doppler distortion caused by LF interfereing with the mids is a major reason why adding a subwoofer to 2-way systems makes everything sound better. With six 6.5" or so midwoofers, pointed sideways this speaker has a legitimate chance at being a GOAT for the average enthusiast who wants neutrality and low distortion and great output.

By average enthusiast, I mean those of us who can’t afford Magico’s $750k beast in each of our homes.

I truly envy the engineers at Magico who get to put things like this together. I wish I worked there.