I realize that voice coils rarely fail and I agree with Verdinut that it doesn’t rule out the possibility. There’s proof of that in other posts. If I lived down the street from Tekton I wouldn’t be worried about shipping costs. However I’m 1300 miles away so not shipping isn’t an option and would cost a significant amount of money. I shouldn’t have to bear that cost for something in this price range. At least that’s the way I see it.
As far as me damaging the speakers, highly unlikely. Although I do have a have a pair of Outlaw 7900s I won’t be listening to them at loud levels. I like my hearing the way it is. I’m not after loud, I’m after better sound quality. So how efficient a speaker is really doesn’t come into play here. Any speaker I choose will play plenty loud for me.
I was looking at the DIs (the SEs are on sale right now) and associated speakers because of their ability to play lower frequencies. My own personal sound preference is for speakers playing lower so I don’t have to have the sub come in earlier. To me, it just sounds better that way. On the flip side of that, Salks are much more refined, better built, look nicer, are smaller, and have better drivers and crossovers – but they give up ground on how low they play unless you get into the higher dollar stuff which I’m just not willing to spend that much money on. The Song 3 and associated speakers would do nicely. I thought if I was able to save some money going the Tekton route, I’d be willing to do that – especially with a trial period.
Tekton not standing behind their products says a lot for me – Mainly they don’t have much confidence in their product either. And if that’s the case, it makes me wonder as others have speculated about the specs that are published. Odd that in the years that Tekton has been around, no audio associated publication has published a review with hard, independent findings. I don’t give much credence to YouTube or other reviewers because it’s all based on their perception and taste without anything to back it up which makes it difficult at best to make a decision. Basically it boils down to whether or not you’re buying into what the manufacturer is advertising. Not a good situation. Is Audioholics the only one that does testing now? It’s not looking good for those of us who don’t have money to throw around trying one piece of equipment after another until we find something we like. I'm thankful Audioholics still does testing. And because manufacturers are becoming more and more likely to bend the truth is why doing things like checking what kind of warranty comes with a product, and finding out what kind of experiences others have had with a product or company (standing behind what they market) is important to me. It says more than I think most manufacturers/companies realize. In this case, if Tekton makes such great products, why aren't they willing to stand behind them? So I guess for me in this particular purchase, I don't have the money to risk in finding out if their products are any good.
