The Audiophile Bass Paradox, Open Baffle Bass Problems, and our New Epic 15 Loudspeaker 

Don't get sued 😅😅😅

What even the shite feet holes on their "products"?

They will just not allow comments like the last video 😂😂😂

That is correct!

A speaker is as much of a musical instrument as a TV / Monitor is a visual work of art.

@@marstedta tv with a color cast is not a piece of art. A tv that can’t display true black is not a piece of art. A TV incapable of showing rec2020 for HDR content is not a piece of art….

Actually, no. A band creates their "sound", live sound by the equipment they use. It is an audio engineer's job to "capture" that band's "sound" in the studio. Pink Floyd is a great example. "Their sound in the studio and live are near identical. This is because Pink Floyd uses their own live sound system not utilizing anything "the venue" may offer. And amazing that the band achieved this even in the 1980'S, and some would argue 70's. And that is what Hi Fidelity is, replicating the bands live sound near as possible without coloring it. Which quite often does not happen giving you a band that has great albums but terrible live sound (which is what you see mostly because the studio allows you to fix mistakes, and the band doesn't spend enough money on equipment to replicate their studio sound live. Or what you would hear at smaller venues.) or vice vera, sound good live but not studio. If a band sounds shitty live and studio, well they won't have a career. Like their music or not, Iron Maiden uses their own live sound system at every show, making that investment for the fans and why they too reach a pinnacle of live sound that "sounds" just like their albums or cd's. This is the whole point of the video. And being a musician, I totally agree. What kills me has been what I call "Audiophiles". People that don't play an instrument (or can't play an instrument) spend gobs of money on stereo eqpt. and that becomes "their instrument. The stereo eqpt. And that misses the point. I never hear Audiophiles talk music and songs, just equipment. I wish band wasn't an elective in school. Everyone should learn to play an instrument and read music. "For life without music would be a mistake." So my 2 cents an accountant and musician going on 50. Peace. (It's a proven fact people who listen to Heavy Metal and Pink Floyd are the happiest group of people in the world. lol.)

The Perfect SET 15's are flea power based speakers. I have them on order to use with a 3.5 Watt 2A3 amp. These new Epic 15's need much more wattage.

Do these compete with two way 15" woofer and compression drivers?

@@ericnadelberg8253 Tekton's web site claims The Perfect Set 15 is 98dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity, while the Epic 15 is 95dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity. A 3dB difference. Set amps, which are recommended for The Perfect Set 15, are typically 3-6 watts output. Which means the Epic 15 should achieve the same SPL as The Perfect SET 15 with a 6-12 watt amp. Something about power requirement differences between the two speaker models doesn't compute.

@@ericnadelberg8253 guess my reply was deleted by E.A.. Am not going to retype it.

Go to polk

Polk.

You will have to pay a lot for shipping them back. BTW you will have to wait months for Tektons to be built to order, though they do have premade speakers for sale on the website.

I am trying Revel Concerta2 in Gloss White...on order.

I should add that having owned Polks and Tektons (though not these specific ones), I think that most people would prefer the sound of Tekton's Electron speakers to Polk's R700s. They are currently the same price. The Tekton company has issues that would make me hesitant to buy from them again, however. I think you should also take a look at Arendal speakers. They seem very well built for the price and all the reviews I've seen rave about the sound. Like Tekton, they seem a lot more concerned about performance than looks.

Yes. Around eigth years and we're running a very similar refund ratio over the years.

I totally agree. What may enhance the sound of acoustic music may harm the sound of other types of music. Metallica's Justice album sounds terrible with "ringy" speakers. I think my Tektons are pretty well constructed for the price I paid, but I may be adding some No Rez to them.

A speaker is as much of a musical instrument as a TV / Monitor is a visual work of art.

@@marstedt your comment could me read two ways. I’m assuming you’re saying that a tv isn’t a work of art which would then suggest you are saying that a speaker isn’t a musical instrument. It uses vibration to make a sound which is literally exactly how every musical instrument works

@@t.j.bennett6454 A "properly" designed and built speaker (the perfect speaker) would be able to produce (reproduce) any sound. A musical instrument can only produce a restricted range of sounds. A speaker and a musical instrument are very far apart in construction and purpose, just as the monitor on my laptop is very different to any, visual, work of art.

@@t.j.bennett6454 Would you describe a microphone a musical instrument?

Love it! While I was unable to attend that show, I was told more than once how superb your Moab presentation was.👏👏 Bravo!

NO - not even close. It's impossibly small and lacks the power response to reproduce rock, blues, pop, r&b, etc... at live reference levels. This isn't a knock as we offer smaller fun-sized speakers too. The KEF LS50 has other shortcomings but they're probably not worth exposing; for example, the frequency response.

@@TektonDesign Until you look at LS50 Meta, & LS50 wireless 2, LS60, Blade, Etc FR... They all tend to measure really well

You don’t have to have played instruments to know how they sound 😂

When the current passes through the voice coil and the cone is set in motion we are in the realm of acoustical physics; loudspeakers are literally specialized musical instruments. Loudspeakers ARE the musical instrument that reproduces all other musical instruments; the loudspeaker is the most influential component in an audio system. - Eric Alexander

Enclosure resonances are bad, period. It's hard enough reproducing the input signal, let alone any additional unwanted energy from the cabinet corrupting the playback. Since enclosure panel size oftentimes dwarfs driver size ... it doesn't require much panel movement to generate the unwanted output. Regardless, I often recommend significant amounts of absorption up around the loudspeaker end of the room. Most all that energy that's not directly propagating into the room is detrimental. There are very few sure things in playback acoustics ... unless operating dipoles, I'd aggressively absorb across the front boundary surface.

@@FOH3663 - agreed.

Eric Alexander is suing Erin. I won’t ever buy Tekton.

That's really not our gig and it's not how I approach speaker design. Carroll Shelby insisted no useless parts were put on the Cobra; every part was either necessary or performance based/driven. You might find a local machinist that would make you a pair to fit the speakers.

@@TektonDesign . Now isn't that amusing. This week the Vintage Speaker Channel defended his choice speaker saying "These vintage speakers are like a Corvette Split Window Coupe". I replied that 1981 Advent 2-ways in perfect condition were more like a 1977 4-cylinder Mustang ii survivor. Lol, now you're defending with a Shelby Cobra design approach equivalency. I guess it's the week for it. Allow me to point out. Even the Original run of cars came with racing stripes, emblems & hold-on to your corn cob pipe, Shiny Trim Rings around the headlights. I don't think you should leave it up to us to guess what "our gig" is. There's no "our gig" statement button on the website. There's been too much scuttlebutt already on these stereo channels. Perhaps an "our gig" declaration would be warranted.

Hear hear! A palpable hit! ​@@TriAmpHiFi

I agree....people want to know and see how things are made!

They also have the cheek to block people from their already undersubscribed facebook page. It's ok for them to harass reviewers though isn't it... Yuck.

LOL! Love you brother! davidstevens7809 is my dear friend and truly an audio genius - literally an audio genius to the level of Guru.

Don't be. Tell him how f*cking horrible he is.