How do you know how much they've invested in R&D? Just pure speculation on your part. How do you know how intensive the labor is? Equipment investments cost 10s of thousands of dollars. New CNC machine price anywhere from $7,000-14,000 maybe more depending on model. Pendragon is over 80lbs that heavier than many other towers in its price range which would suggest that its a very well made cabinet. Drivers don't weight much since they are pro audio 10".
DIY kits vs a commerical offering. Not everyone wants a kit or do DIY and not everyone wants to go out and buy supplies and equipment to build their own speakers or if they even have the knowledge or skills to do so. Alot of guys on the DIY forums can build a $1000 DIY subwoofer that destroys most of the commerical offerings but you don't see them suggesting or telling anyone that SVS is horrible options and are way too overpriced.
You sound like someone who complained about SVS using a Peerless XXLS and *****ing that the only "custom" thing they did was laser etch the SVS logo on the driver. Its actully specially designed to SVS's TS specs and Peerless makes them just for SVS exclusively. How do you know these drivers are direct off the shelf parts or a driver that has been customized by the OEM for Tekton?
All those damn speaker maker over charge for there stuff if you compare everything to Parts Express shelf parts.
TC sounds new subwoofer line uses its current drivers from Parts Express but many are betting on them being extremely expensive around $3500plus but uses a driver I can get off parts express for $340. Oh the horror, that subwoofer should only be about $800 in your eyes then.
Top shelf premium crossover components can bring the price up alot too. No one knows anything about the crossovers either could be very poor or could be very nice high quality parts.
Easy there killer
You knew exactly what I meant so lets not play the whole "he said she said" bs. They're a newish company that doesn't manuf. their own drivers. I HIGHLY doubt they put as much R&D into it as the huge companies. Not saying that's a bad thing either....just furthering a point. Sure equipment costs. Obviously. They have to make their money. Obviously. I've got 2 small business owners in my immediate family... I understand how it works. If they can sell these like hot cakes then power to them! I'd like nothing more than to see a US based company do great things. I'm not here to bash them, merely to discuss.
As far as weight..how much does that really matter. Lighter is worse? So neo is out?
Did I ever say "Tekton is a horrible option"? If yes, please show me.
Overpriced isn't exactly what I was saying though. Again...just throwing that out there.
It's been said that the Eminence? are "customized" for Tekton and that's how they achieved the 98db spec, but that can likely be attained from the normal driver at a lower freq.
How can you say that the TC sub will be $3500+ and the driver used is only $340? How do you know it's not custom for that setup?
JUST PURE SPECULATION ON YOUR PART. If someone wants to spend $3,500+ for that then that's their choice. Would I? No. I don't need those huge SPL numbers for my setup. Let alone the fact that our hearing is AWFUL below about 4-500hz. Am I going to sit here and say that it's terrible that they're offering it for more than 3x the cost of parts & labor? No. Why? Because they've engineered those drivers. Can you build that for 1k? most likely.
I'm not here to get into a pissing match. I figured most would be able to carry a conversation even if they didn't agree, etc.
