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my own experience with Tekton Design

Extremely disappointed with the Dynaudio Contour 60s I bought 4 years ago, after owning for 2 years a wonderful pair of old Dynaudio Contour 3.3s ( poor fool, I thought I was upgrading), I decided to ditch the Dynaudios for something different. So, for the last 2 years, I have been one of the few Tekton Moab owners in Europe, I think. Already the first impression of the Moabs was very positive. I was still not 100 percent satisfied, but I was already much more satisfied than I was with the Contour 60s. After a few months I realized that something was wrong, and after some measurements that I shared with Eric (the owner and designer of Tekton) it was clear that one of the beryllium tweeters was slightly less performing than the other. Probably a problem caused by transportation from the United States to Europe. In any case I experienced in Eric great support, attention and kindness. Eric sent me a replacement tweeter that I personally assembled with very little effort in less than 10 minutes. 

And then wow! It was really a change from day to night. At first I didn't believe that a 15% less tweeter efficiency could make such a huge difference in presentation. But I had to believe it.  I listen mostly to classical, jazz, and ethnic recordings, so for me the most important characteristics of a speaker are timbre quality and soundstage accuracy. The Moabs offer all this naturally, effortlessly. I have no intention of upgrading to anything else. Thanks for everything Eric!

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jayctoy
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Kennyc you nailed it..

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1971gto455ho
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Nailed it you did Kennyc, was the King of all mats, lotions, potions, pastes, and Tekton. Add pontification and BS sales propaganda, hate was inevitable.

deep_333
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It was a video in which he explained the development of his patented tweeter array. He said he heard a 440Hz note played by a violin, and then measured the weight of the string the note was played on, which was 1/3 gram. He figured if he used a driver (or drivers) whose moving mass was no more than 1/3 gram to reproduce the sound of the violin, the reproduction would ipso facto surpass that possible from a driver(s) whose moving mass outweighed the violin string.

A smaller driver/smaller mass--> improved impulse response (IR) --> improved resolution/detail/clarity compared to a larger driver/larger mass playing in the same band.

Some designs will let a capable tweeter (small driver) crossed over/play as low as possible. His approach for the midrange handled by small tweeter sized drivers have this benefit (IN THEORY). Theory and execution may not always line up depending on how the co was designed, drivers themselves, etc.

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gaal
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I’ve owned the DIs since 2019. Someone on the Audiogon Forum suggested the formula for determining the position of the listening chair was to measure from the center of the top driver to the bottom driver and multiply by 3. Big thanks, it really let the DIs rise to a different performance level.

As well, Eric has provided excellent service. I bought the speakers from an audio dealer and upon arrival, the speakers were damaged to include a crack in the box and a damaged woofer. Eric provided the matching paint and a new woofer at his cost. Luckily, I had a buddy who is highly skilled with woodworking tasks. 

Since 2019, the speakers are the only remaining component in the audio chain. Best of all, each iteration of a changed electronic component just improved the sound until the point that further system upgrades are no longer a consideration!

I hear into the music to where as one of my audio buds said, “…it is like we are in the audience.

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