Really excited about these videos. Seeing Eric next to the speakers like the lore, the DI, and the new Moab, is helpful in getting a sense of scale of these speakers. Maybe some time he could do a walk by on various models discussing strengths and why you would prefer certain models moving "up" in the food chain. I've always thought the great varieties of models is both a strength and weakness of the company. As a consumer, It's hard to decide which one as many models are clustered closely in price. For myself for instance; do I pick the highly regarded monitors and match them up with a couple cinema woofers for a $5,000 dollar outlay? Or would I be better served with the all in one Moab that covers the frequency range and doubles down on the tweeter array. But neither combo gives me the harmonic overtone design that the DI's, Ufbehrt, encore, and electron have. Is that an engineering aspect I'd miss by choosing any other combination? Thanks again for videos Eric. I hope they catch fire soon. Been following you awhile. Ps thanks for finally tweaking your website. It wasn't the most intuitive for awhile . Not perfect yet, but much better. Kindest regards, Gary
Hello mr. Eric Alexander so nice to see you the founder of tekton showing off his babies and discussing them this is what we really need us consumers because picking it out ourselves can be a daunting task considering you have a lot of options to choose from which is a great thing if you have the information to make the decision I think that's where you come in and you can do an excellent job of it of course because they are your baby's you know them all great job keep up the good work hope to see a lot more of your videos and your many different lines of speakers a big fan and soon to be a customer Steve Costello PS would love for you to talk a little bit about the the Lori Be and that very exciting beryllium driver thanks so much
Thanks for your comments Gary. Always feel free to call us. I can explain every model I've created and we can determine which approach is best for you. Eric Alexander
Hi Eric. Let me start by saying I'm so thrilled that you've started this channel. Efforts like yours here and that of Paul McGowan over at PS Audio really deserve recognition from audiophiles around the world. If I could offer you a little feedback, it would to address in general, layman's terms how you go about broadening and narrowing the "beam," what angle you've broadened your speakers out to be now, and why you chose the angles you did when you made your choice. I've subscribed. Thanks again.
I am replying to you mostly because of your screen name Last of the Boomers, which to me implies either that you were born in 1964 or you were on a Boomer submarine like I was. I was an the Alexander Hamilton SSBN617 from 1972-1976. Just wondering how you chose your screen name. About your question which wasn't answered, I think the steering or widening of the array is done by manipulating the phase of the outside ring drivers with respect to the middle tweeter driver, but the crossover is proprietary so Eric probably isn't going to explain that here. However it is undoubtedly revealed in his patent.
I appreciate this explanation and implementation of the array. It helps in the understanding of this design. I am not a fan of large speakers. I haven’t heard these and as there isn’t a dealer anywhere near enough to me and my lack of funds for them, I would likely get frustrated and I don’t need that. I’m sure they make their owners happy and that is what really matters. I like learning about new tech in speaker design. Good video! Possibly a review of the improved dispersion models in the future Sean, hmmm? For the sake of the big speaker lovers it would be welcome!
Yeah! So exited for more videos like this. I'm a visual person so explanations mean more when I can watch it. I have to admit though, my eye kept following those Moabs whenever they were in frame ;)
What is interesting is that the impacts must be operating the tweeters below resonance. So the drivers have to play through the resonance frequency in their current operating range. Also power handling will drop with frequency, offset by spreading the load to additional drivers as the signal goes to lower frequency (speculation only).
Woofers play through their resonances every day all the time, so there's no reason it can't be done successfully with a tweeter - we do this. Furthermore, with the tweeters being the most linear device to pull from and the lowest in distortion it makes sense to do what we're doing.
@@TektonDesign Hi! I was not casting aspersions; the resonance point is just something you probably had to deal with in the design phase. Lots of flat panel drivers also operate below the panel resonance. It was just an interesting design factor that people were missing in the driver array polar response boogums. Cheers!
Great video Eric.. 👍 Beautiful set of speakers!! Hopefully one day I'll be able to upgrade from my tekton Lore reference speaker (which I'm enjoying) to the Double impacts. I can only imagine.............
All I can say is "damage control", make amends, and due diligently move fast past this current drama, and work with the public (current and potential owners, and certain reviewers) on quickly re-focusing on how great and realistic sounding (subjectively if at the least?) and better value his offerings generally are (especially the floorstanders). *Objective measurements from certain reviewers notwithstanding*
hi! saving to buy those, they look amazing :) and finally a nice technical video about them! Thanks Eric :))) Look forward hearing more interesting talks about sound and speaker design and sounds mainly...love music .
@@xsamitt yes. but I'll be honest their company has some of the strangest customer service I've ever seen. Takes months for them to ship anything and they say "we'll ship it tomorrow" whenever you ask. I ordered speaker covers april 1 and they aren't here yet. it's june 16. but yeah the speakers sound good and arrived well packaged
@@tmass1 Glad that you like them.....what other speakers did you consider before you bought them....and what was it that made them the right decision for you? Im torn as i cant try before i buy.and i have a chance with a different speaker though much more expensive.Any insight would be great...Thank you!!!
Thanks Eric for that thoughtful explanation of the polar response. Could you comment on the off axis performance of the speaker in the vertical plane and how this was affected by your modifications?
Hey Eric , informative . I am in Panama , have been a stereo head/audiophile for around 40yrs , wanted a set of lores as the design concept of all your gear fascinates me . With shipping/duty ect beyond my price point . I brought in the components in the lores , perhaps the bass drivers are specialized for the lores but I brought in what I can see , guessed the crossover and built the cabs as close as I could given the data available . The short of it is these sound fantastic , yours are surely better but these sound very good driven with a late 70s luxman ss or a nelson pass higher powered piece . These sing with low or high power . I have a very expensive and highly acclaimed set of monitors to compare to and your concept shines next to them. Love the direction you have taken with your speakers , frankly at your price point its a better idea to just buy them but that is hindsight. Hope to demo some of the higher end speakers in your lineup with my next US visit . Great work sir. thanks ..
Thanks, these are great videos. I'm interested in your product line but since I have no way to audition them getting this design info is helpful indeed.
When I first heard these about 2 years ago I couldn't believe how good they were. Finally, I saw they had the Double Impact Special Edition on sale for $4500 ($1,000 off) and I took the plunge. These speakers are amazing!! If you've doubted even for a minute that Tekton Design doesn't make excellent speakers, I would Google the reviews on ANY of their speakers. Not a single review that wasn't excellent. So, they are really that good or there's an industry-wide conspiracy to promote the brand.
Very interested in ordering Tekton speakers. I'm looking for great bass & scale... plenty of sound pressure in addition to fidelity for a large room. Double Impact speakers alone, or Impact Monitors, plus dual Tekton 2-10 or 4-10 (or other) subs? Perhaps I should be looking at the Moab? I'd consider the Ulfberht or 1812 but budget is a consideration. Have tried contacting via email and phone but no luck so far.
Eric, thanks for making this video. This driver array *looks* unusual, and now you have explained how it functions, and why it works the way it does. What is the nominal crossover point on this version of the Double Impact? What is the approximate dispersion angle on this version? Also, did you tune this speaker to be as "flat" as possible, or did you go for a Harman curve?
Hey there, Eric. Love the vids so far. It’s very interesting to hear how you actually design Tekton speakers. Are the bullet points you follow pretty much the same as what John Atkinson looks for when testing a speaker? I’d love to see how you designed the Pendragons, which I’ve been the proud owner of for about the past 4-5 months or so, and I love them. When you put your ears up to each speaker, they’re certainly not doing what you’d expect.
Hi Eric, would you mind commenting on the Impact monitors. I am currently looking into that based on the wonderful reviews the double impact has and due to my room size but would really like to know how different is it from it's floorstanding brethren. Was the wider dispersion changed on it as well. What about components? You mentioned it had different components. Are the components similar to the double impact SE in terms of performance (whatever that may be)?
Paul J I live in slidell and would love to hear them. Just purchased the cinemasub a couple of months ago and a second one is on its way, I hear nothing but good things about the double impacts
Hello Eric I have a newsolid state Yamaha as2100 integrated amplifier that uses a single iron core transformer, with a floating circuit design, using Mosfet at 90 watts per channel, my question is what would be a great pair of speakers you recommend, I heard on one of your video, the perfect set speakers work best with tubes, thanks
Very interested in getting a pair of your full range speakers for my dedicated mastering room. Do you think this is an application the Double Impacts would be suited and/or do you have another other suggestions, e.g. Enzo XL, Electron, OB Sigma? Also what sort of amp would you recommend (under $500-600 if possible)? My current monitors (Dynaudio and Sonodyne) are both active, so I would need to get an amp if I go this route. Thanks much.
what are the large red speakers on the right of the video? They look like Pendragons but the woofers look too big to be 10 inchers. thanks, great video
Does any one have experience using the DI in a small room.....? Say 3.2 x 3.5m. I have the ability to tune speaker response in room via a RME ADI 2 dac. Looking at partnering with a hypex nc400.
"Exceptional". I'd love to see what they can do, and hopefully get a set shipped to EU. But first, I need a house. There's NO WAY I could have a pair of these in my apartment!
I’m not an audiophile nor do I have any aspirations to be but I am a musician for almost fifty years and made high-end saxophone mouthpieces for almost forty years for many famous players so I’m pretty sure my ears are good. I recently received my Double Impacts and set them up yesterday and I’m really disappointed. I’m using a PrimaLuna EVO 300 integrated amp which was four-thousand dollars so I’m pretty certain that it’s the speakers. I really expected there to be more umph, more highs and more lows given the size, weight and tweeter array but no, the sound is not complex and doesn’t excite me. The placement may not be perfect since there’s a shelf behind one of the speakers but otherwise placement is good. I understand that there’s a break in period but these speakers have a very long way to go before I’d find them satisfactory. Now they were only $3,150 but reviewers compared them to speakers costing over ten thousand dollars but I just don’t see it. Could this be me?
Hey Spring Sprouts just try them out if you don't like the imaging just send them back. No need to sound like a troll. What I have found is owners of expensive speakers are usual the most critical of Eric's work mainly because they realized they could of got similar performance for a lot less money. They realize they got screwed. Look I can talk cool too. If a $3,500 speaker outperforms a $40,000 speaker in any area to me the $40,000 speaker is a failure. Many products start out one way and then change for other reasons. SO WHAT. If you desire more razor sharp Imaging get yourself pair of electrostatic speakers. Obviously the Imaging couldn't have suffered too much witb the polar response these speakers measured.
Mr Alexander,may I ask for a recommendation for speakers? Medium sized room minimal reflective surfaces. Receiver is a Outlawaudio rr2160 . FTC rated power is 110 watts@8 ohm and 165@4 ohms. Thank you for your time sir.
I also got an Outlaw Audio RR2160. I am currently running them with the Elac UB5 which are hard to drive speakers at 85db and it drives them effortlessly without distortion. For speakers, you got alot of choices /(ELAC:Unifi, Debut, or Debut Reference),(Triangle Audio: Borea),(KEF: Q150 or Q350), (Bower Wilkins: 606 or 607), (Wharfdale: Diamond 225), (Klipsch: RP 600M) and so much more. If your budget is higher then I think you should look into three way speakers as well or floorstanders. Happy shopping and good luck!
@@toanvu9003 I have a pair of magnepan mmgi speakers and drive them without a problem. I love the sound for refined music and movies. But sometimes a guy wants to rock out but I can't stand the sound of klipsch with its horn . I am thinking the seas Pendragon should do it.
I sign of a poor designer is to change his design because of one opinion,you lost my respect as a designer my friend,I appreciate trying to attract by being different,I have heard your speakers and to the untrained ear 👂 people think they sound great when in fact it’s just a very forgiving speaker 🔈 that does not bush the boundaries of accuracy
I would have to respectfully disagree, Phillip. I believe Eric to be one of the greats of speaker design, and it seems clear to me that it isn’t just that one review, but the opinions of many. That tells me that Eric listens to his present and future customers while maintaining a true passion for what he does. What more can you ask from a designer/engineer/ and owner of a great and honest HiFi company? Tekton speakers receive rave reviews the absolute vast majority of the time, and people seem to trade in their much more costly speakers for the Tekton line. To me that says a lot about how good they truly are. I listened to and auditioned many speakers before purchasing my Pendragons, and I’m very thankful I did. I feel I made the correct choice, and I’m sure that I am not alone.
I consider my ears pretty well trained but also am aware of the concept direction at least in the case of the lores . Using an actual (high quality) musical instrument driver to cover so much of the range brings the sound delivered a step closer to what a live performance would sound like which is the goal is it not ? I find this concept does things better than my very highly acclaimed monitors , not all but some things better .Not as refined but certainly more live like in a good way . When using the word live like , it's comparing to shows at 300 seat venues with the best of the best sound systems. Dynamics without listener fatigue that many dynamic high efficiency speakers create . Listening to critics is a sign of a designer who wants to know what the customer base says , not weakness. If I do something well but you do it better I'm a fool if I don't consider your method.
@Doan Trinh Thanks very much! I find that comment to be utterly ridiculous, and I also highly doubt he has really heard a pair of Tektons. Otherwise, I think he would’ve mentioned the model.
Let me get this straight someone critiqued your design and you change it,you loose all respect from me,you seem to design your products on reviews and not your no how 👎🏼I’ll give you a call and tell you what to do with your next design (ok)🥴
