Tekton Troubadour, not just another stand mount speaker!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2021
- Tekton is known for their tower speakers, but this time Steve went for their new stand-mount, the Troubadour, tektondesign.com/product/full...
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Denon DP-61F turntable
Shure V-15 Type V-MR cartridge
NAD C-546BEE CD player
Marantz NA-7004 Streamer/DAC
Nakamichi CR-2A cassette
Carver C-1 preamp
Aragon 4004 MKII power amp Classic
Infinity RS-IIIB speakers
Virtue Audio Nirvana cables
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First Watt J2 power amp www.firstwatt.com/j2.html
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Seems like a lot of you find Tekton speakers unattractive. Message received, but Mr. Alexander has built very successful company in spite of that. Your opinions or just that opinions, thank you very much
Well…Mr. Alexander put a "brand" together. Tag: "High quality sound at a reasonable price (with upgrade options 🙂)". I knew that the first time that I laid eyes on them. (I want to lay ears on them some day). The D.I.Y. cabinet-vibe comes with this brand. It’s in your face from day one. Add the spider eye and your visuals are just destroyed! 😬…. They make me smile for that reason. Apparently, it’s like an unattractive girlfriend who is hot in the sack. Let people giggle…you are the one walking around with a smirk on your face……
I actually like the usual designs and the ability to buy a custom color like orange or any color. I’m just overwhelmed by how many speakers Mr. A. offers. Luckily I have a small room and that limits my options. A nice set of Mini Lores and and low powered amp and I am good to go. Thanks for the nifty review Steve of this new model.
They have a beautiful ugliness. A look of their own.
Bob I've listen also
Stormship Troopers aesthetic?
If you felt little air coming from the port did you have the the feet installed? Apparently this has been speculated to greatly affect performance.
I wonder if bass heavy music at high SPLs could launch them off the ground?
You may never have tripped on acid, but your shirt sure did! 😅
I want the custom color one and put them in my van.
I really enjoy my Tekton impact monitors. The build quality that Eric ships to us customers is beyond anything at their price range from competitors.
You da man! No one on The Tube does it better, my friend. Excellent. Always look forward to the next edition.
I’ve owned Eric’s Pendragon’s for 10 years now and they still blown me away. I don’t even need a sub in my HT.
Another great review, Steve. Please keep including the Viewer System Of The Day segment.........good to see the different systems and components!
Interesting concept, if nothing else.
Kudos to the builder for innovation.
Thanks for sharing other people’s systems with us!
YES!!! We really enjoy the system of the day!!!! Keep it going forever!!!
Love Neu Steve have been listening to them for 30 years and great drive music. Thx for review as I have been interested in Tekton speakers
Awesome review. All the amp comparisons were very helpful. Love to get my ears on some Tekton’s
I wanna see a reviewer get their hands on a cinema sub. I have not seen one review on one.
Love seeing the different systems - vintage, cobbled together, mega million dollar systems, all good. I saw a pair of those Infinity speakers a couple of years ago but I believe the surrounds were destroyed, the estate sale people wanted a bunch for them and I just wasn’t in the mood to fix them.
Great to see another vintage Infinity speaker guy on this channel!
Great review, Steve. I own and love my pair of Mini Lores. Planning to add a pair of Troubadours for my second side by side system. Your review has sealed the deal!
Great review Brother!!! One of these days I'll clean up my system's look enough to ask you to feature it.
Those living in the US are fortunate to have Tekton.
Just learned they’re about 45 min south of me!
The viewer systems are so much fun to see.
great viewer system. I have a very similar turntable to that one...bought it in 1982.
There it is! Audio Gear!
Eric always comes up with unusual designs. And the viewer's system of the day looks SWEET!
I so enjoy your format by showing others system thank you
Very entertaining and knowledgeable Steve! Thank you3
Love your review! love vintage systems!
nice art on viewer's system of the day! And cool gear too!
Keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll easily reach 200k subs my friend. Look forward to all your vids!
Love Steve and have watched hundreds if not thousands of his videos and write ups, but when he wore that shirt and said "I've never tripped on acid.", I gave out an audible chuckle. I'm certain more than a few viewers were like...Sure Steve. Thumbs up from this owner and lover of both ELACs and Tektons.
New subscriber. Thoroughly enjoy your work. Cheers from the South Carolina Lowcountry!
Been VERY curious to hear a review of The Troubadour. Just intrigued about the small drivers. THANKS!
YOU never dropped acid? Surprising. …I did..and every time I look at one of your shirts I get flashbacks! 🌈😁🦄
Mike's system was awesome. REALLY fun!…and thanks for the music!!
. . . our fav shirt! 'Dynamic contrast' for sure . . . surely not 'neutral and flat.'
Enjoyed the line "I have never tripped on Acid".
I haven't seen speakers like that before, I like how they look.
Tekton made in the US. I like it already.
"I never tripped on acid" ... Wow he must have stayed standing the whole time:) Great vid, vivid descriptions, vivid shirt, nice one Steve.
And then he "changed gears" by listening to the Grateful Dead. I love listening to Steve. :)
His shirts hint otherwise!:-)
The important part was "on acid"
The Bach Trio recording is really fantastic. Great for hearing tonal structure of the string instruments.
What kind of timber, oak or pine?
Infinity speakers and Nakamichi cassette deck. That's what I have and love.
This is my new favorite channel for audio! The best part is the new artists I discover from your reviews …beats Apple Music algorithms:)
I remember the Aragon amps with the iconic V notch in their top. They were considered quite good.
Very good amps. Matching preamps were not nearly as rated by people, including me.
They seems similar to many professional nearfield monitors.
The shirt is the reason why you felt like it was hallucinogenic. Good job as always on your reviews.
G'day Steve great video very interesting speakers they remind me of my Wilson red puppie 7's 🐶. Absolutely love the viewer system of the day.👍🎧😁
I love the design of Tekton speakers. It's like wow, look, this must be a speaker! Let me hear it. I know some disagree, but I find most Tekton speakers just look fantastic for the part.
Me, too. I own Lores and love the look and the sound.
Love my Tekton Double Impacts.
"I've never tripped on acid..."
Nah, Steve has shirts that do that for him.
@Tekton. Looks like a bigger version of a M&K Sound S300 or S150 speaker. Is that where the inspiration came from?
Yes exactly. Looks like M&K speakers.
I have the poor man's Tektons. M-Lore. They are a wonderful speaker. I hope to upgrade one day but will enjoy what I have everyday.
I really like Tekton. They kind of go against the grain of many of the current trends in the audiophile market, blazing their own trail. I respect that. Not every one of their models are to my taste, though many end up having magical qualities. I may just have to audition a pair of these!Thanks again for a great review, Steve!
I love my Tektons.
Me too...MOABS.
Would be interesting to see the speakers up close. For some reason the Tekton look like were made in a garage.
They are
Great review. Really want to find a reasonably sensitive bookshelf speaker that can tolerate placement near a rear wall...and doesn't look like the Troubadour. So close to the needle in the stack of needles! Thanks for the great work.
The totem sky light I reviewed recently is designed for near wall placement
@@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac Thank you for taking the time to reply - it's very generous! I reached out to Stereo Exchange to see if they have any totem's to demo.
Hi Steve. Love your style of reviews. Wouldn't it be interesting to also review the Tekton Dynamite monitors and perhaps highlite the difference between them? Keep up the good work!
The tekton dynamite's have a tendency to blow up when you put too much sparking power through them 🤣.
Liked the kid koala. I love it when you give cd recommendations with reviews. Please review the Uruz.
Hi Steve, I see you like tube amps and even some that are offered as kits. Have you heard the VTA ST 70? It’s a modern version of the Dynakit and is 35w per channel with the ability to switch pentode to triode. I built that kit and prefer it over my mc275 and would like to hear your thought on it. Bob Latino is the guy that sells them and he is in MA I believe (Tubes 4 HiFi) I’m thinking of the 125w mono block kits next. Both are tube rectified and can take a variety of tubes.
Reminds me of the Miller & Kreisel Sound S-100B.
I never dropped acid - then puts on some Grateful Dead. Awesome prankster! ;¬D
Greetings Steve, to you and yours
Nice shout out to kid koala, from Montreal 👍
Steve, I have Quad S2s, Proac Tab 10s, and Soul Mk 2s. Would a pair of Troubadours be redundant in rotation or would they bring something extra to the party? Thanks
I guess I'm late to the party here, this speaker really reminds me of the Miller & Kreisel S100 and so on dating back to 1989. A theater-inspired professional monitor.
HI Steve, grat review as always thank you. Question regarding this speaker. Do you think they would make good studio monitors?
No it’s not what I would call neutral or accurate. Not that studio speakers are particularly. No this is for us
Hello Steve, funny thing about the NEU’s album 75 is their song seeland.
Each time I listen to it it reminds me of Hans Zimmer’s Intergalactic track called mountains.
It makes me wonder if Hans Zimmer was actually inspired by it.
Take care,
Brian
Thinking this will be brand of new speakers
I've been thinking about finally putting together a really good main system for my mid-life crisis (In lieu of buying an Italian motorcycle) Lot of good stuff out there.....but I think I gotta go w/ big Tektons for that shear sense of scale and high efficiency. I think in order to get closer to live music you have to have big speakers that are efficient so even modest amps can have plenty of headroom. I think they look fine. I don't care about having exotic wood veneered cabs. And you can't beat the pricing.
Hi Steve are these 4 or 8 ohm cause even there webside does not mentioned it
The first time I tried to critically listen to Tektons I found the arrays Eric's speakers employ to sound totally different when you change your ear position relative to the speaker. Initially the feeling was uncomfortable as the brain had to readjust to change in sound. That was the Double Impact model. More recently I listened to his Impact Monitors-basically a larger standmount- and found them to sound pretty good.
At $2k/pair they should. As far as the appearance goes, he isn't targeting boomers. A box beats a coffin in appearance. So if you do not like red get the boring black or dark grey.
Lol sooo much boomer ism in hifi/audio world, it’s nuts
"I never tripped on Acid" What the heck were you doing in the 70's?
Apparently not going to concerts at the Fillmore or Winterland like I was
Another Enjoyable Video
Who me? I'd love to see Tekton put out a Klipsch Heresy size type of floor speaker, low profile, short and stubby. Most of their tall, skinny tower and obtrusive floor speakers are not for everyone, though their buy-direct prices sure are.
Like I was saying yesterday about the Harbeths...these are more than twice the speaker at less than a quarter of the price.
they need some active dsp sealed subwoofers.
What's that cake thing behind you with a record on it a box.
What it could do with his made into a dual horn woofer better approach.
The cover of "Let it bleed" The Rolling Stones. It's the box set edition.
@@sonnyhenriksen9398 strange cover I'm not a Rolling Stones fan probably why thanks!
This is a speaker for a small room, so yes, you will be sitting closer to them and that's what they were designed for. Small dens or home offices on a shelf up close to the wall.
Just picked up some Harbeth 30.1 speakers for a small computer desk top system and they greatly eclipse the Tetra 222s that preceded them. Can't help wondering if the Tektons might offer up more textural detail, (for a lot less $$). Not many audiophiles have caught on to the narcotic properties of music that was coming out of Germany in the 70's, (good on ya and better late than never). If you really want to change your blood chemistry check out Can Future Days, Holger Czukay Movies or the 1st Kollektiv album.
Enjoying home systems
After I move and re build my gear I’ll send photo
That's a very high-end fan in the background.
Mid-Century Modern
Since becoming the owner of a pair of Tekton Lore's, my respect for Tekton has skyrocketed!
julius Kessler guy i take it ?
The Lore's intrigue me. Would love to hear a pair of them and/or Impact Monitors, both with the beryllium tweeters.
Unfortunately/Fotunately I LOVE the speakers that I own….So I should not stray…🙂
That driver layout has been quite common in professional monitors designed for surround sound monitoring with many channels (five, seven, Atmos, etc.) for decades. With purposeful crossover design it allows for precise control of directivity, specifically as you mention in this review, very narrow, controlled, dispersion.
Review more things with Kid Koala! I love that record (and well, all his music.) I want to know how more speakers and components sound with his music!
Steve - what are you using for a mic? Video looks fantastic with great detail. Might be me but do others find sound just not so clear?
Rode lav
@@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac Thanks Steve. Compare the sound on the main part of the video to the sound when you are describing the "system of the day". Different and to my ears the main part of the video doesn't have the same clarity. Don't know if you will agree or if that will bother you. Will still watch your videos. My kids know you're the only YT channel I will faithfully watch every latest one as it comes along.
@@josemanrico8544
The audible differences experienced during the "System of the Day" dialog, sound like spatial loading variation.
a.) While recording the review video, Steve's more in free space, with few early reflections.
b.) While recording the dialog for SotD, Steve's immediate surroundings and proximity to them is clearly heard. Sounds like he's directly in front of a surface, perhaps a display monitor.
Very interesting video. I just don't like the looks of Teton speakers but I would like to hear some. The viewer system photos are awesome so keep them coming.
Grills? Can they purchased with grills like some of the other Tekton models?
Yes
Weird concept: the distance between upper and lower mid-freq tweeter is way larger than the diameter of the mid woofer. Meaning for spatial accuracy a dedicated 4“ mid chassis, plus a good woofer and a good hf chassis would perhaps be the better choice, and fit in the same size box, and have the same complex x-over. remains the advantages of smaller lighter units - which may be what SG calls „more fun“. But then think of surface vs required displacement amplitude for mids on 2 tweeters vs one 4“ lightweight mid chassis? then again Opera did a similar concept on their Callas 3 ways standmount, that got great feedback
Best to listen for yourselves…
Like to see these with wood veneer. Seriously.
To this day I massively regret selling my Tekton OB4.5 semi open baffle set in blue. Stupid! Those speakers had 3-d soundstage and brought out some music subtlety I hadn't heard before. Still looking for another set.
Tekton - a masterclass in how to destroy your own company.
Stop the hatemail and reverberating the reviewer crybabies. Tekton is a respected small American business run buy a genius pit bull fighter. Tekton will be here long after these reviewers will be and it has a Cult following that will never leave them.
@@superdougie10 Respected?????
I give them 5 years before the going out of business sale.
the first person who showed but not reviewed this new Tekton was jay from The next Best Thing, So iam very happy with this review, thx Steve..Do you think it's a great speaker for nearfield listening
You mean like three or 4 feet away? No that’s not gonna work
@@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac ok thx Steve
Screech from Saved by the Bell called and wants his shirt back
What a missed opportunity to reference/ play Van Morrison’s “Troubadours” (both versions)
Steve...what's the grey LS50 behind you? I thought you had a red pair and a new pair of Meta's (unsure of color). How many LS50 pairs do you own? Speaks volumes of this iconic speak we both love. Just curious....
The grey ones are Metas
I thought all Meta’s have a matte finish. Yours looked shiny in the video so I did not think they were Meta’s. Thanks for the clarification…
Steve's in Technicolor.
The Troubadours seem like good alternative desktop speakers.
You can squeeze 21 inch tall speakers on your desktop, no, no they’re not really near field speakers.
Wow, super wide and you still have to accommodate a subwoofer or two - need some space for setup.
Are they not three way?
Love your channel Steve ! One day if you ever come to Kentucky ! I have an extra bedroom for your stay !! We'd would have some fun you know us Kentucky boys are known for bourbon whisky and Corvettes ! And yes Emenece speaker factory 😆 where you think those tekton drivers come from ??? Kentucky !! American made people !!! Steve these country girls take the cake and pie ohhh my come on babbbby drop those Daisies ! Thats right daisy duke country! Shhhhhweeee ! Ewwwwdoggie !
They look like something you would see in a back of 95 fiesta 😳 for the price the design should be at least a consideration ..?
@@davidfromamerica1871 i had 3 pioneer subs in the back of my golf… there was space for 1 beer left 😅
Gee whiz, I've never tripped on acid either. ; >)
Its actually a three way Steve.....!
Hi Steve, would like your opinion on replacing Schiit Aegir amplifier for one with more power. Using Marantz ND 6000 CD/Network player with Schitt Freya + preamp and Walsh ohm 1000 speakers…I realize ohm’s are under powered, but what great sound…Always look forward to your reviews. Thanks Bill.
I’ll have a van Alstine review coming. In a month or so, watch for that
@@SteveGuttenbergAudiophiliac Thanks, was looking at it in Absolute Sound Best Of.
Hey Steve! Is there any chance to purchase a shirt like the one you're wearing? Your every effort to tell something about some speakers passed me by. I was zeroed-in on your shirt from the first moment. Is it true that your wife makes your shirts? If so, is it possible to order one (this particular model)? I love your channel. You're great. Greetings to your Misses!
He gets the from an African clothing store near him. It may be Afro Caribbean. He mentions it in a video from about a year or two ago.
@@jasonreyes9504 Thank you Jason!
I thought his wife made them, he posted an interview of them both a few months back.
OMG Love that shirt......gorgeous
1995 called, they want their shirt back lol
As a speaker builder I find this speakers with one caveat, more than 1 tweeter makes a disaster high frequencies phase problems, you get lower stress tweeter diaphragm at very high levels but with the expense of having less detailed high frequencies.
Only the center tweeter acts as a tweeter. The other two are used as midrange drivers and roll off where the tweeter begins.
@@gurdyman1 In that case it would be nice
Where's the feet? 🤔