hybid OB?

[2litre]

I was killing some time on e-bay and decided to search 'Open Baffle'.
These are what came up-

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tekton-Design-Fo...d=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tekton-Design-12...d=p3286.c0.m14

Are these hybrids?
Is their design sound?
At twice the price, will they sound twice as good as my Hawthorne Audio SI's and supporting Augies?

R/

Jim

[hifimaker]

Interesting product. Nice to see something new. Got to respect the company's moxie, offering a full refund include the cost of return shipping if not satisfied.

-David

[Steve M]

Jim: The Tektons are a clever design, but how can you even think that that little 4" Fostex based speaker system could ever keep up with a 15" Hawthorne + Augie OB bass. The physics don't add up nor does driver quality overall.


Regards,


Steve M.

PS: I don't own Hawthornes but have heard them ...very nice.

[2litre]

I probably should have used a smile or two in that initial post, like maybe or . I was a bit to deadpan.
I'm extremely happy with my HA's. They are quite a bargain IMHO.

I was just bringing to light a 'neat looking' design and was wondering how they might sound or the viability of the design.

R/

Jim

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They look like cardioid to me:

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...62#post1488462

[enzedone]

I don't know much about speaker design, but I'm with Steve M. I purchased the Hawthorne SI's. And they sound really nice, but lack the bass. So I have purchased the Augies as well. Can't wait to get them up and running. I just can't see little drivers delivering a big sound?
Maybe there are trade-offs with 15inch drivers, but they sound nice to me.

[steve shiels]

Originally posted by Steve M
Jim: The Tektons are a clever design, but how can you even think that that little 4" Fostex based speaker system could ever keep up with a 15" Hawthorne + Augie OB bass. The physics don't add up nor does driver quality overall.


Regards,


Steve M.

PS: I don't own Hawthornes but have heard them ...very nice.

I too don't own hawthorns, but have heard them with direct ab comparisions to fostex and lowthers
..i thought they do the ob thing ok..
but midrange clarity is not at the level of the smaller fostex drivers.. slow bass, to be fair they good for the money though..

i'm not stuck on the 15" emmence as OB bass drivers either...
but thats me..

steve

[chrisb]

Well, I think that depending on the drivers used, one man's "Full-Range" is another's "nearfield mini-monitor".

Have a chat with Eric, and you'll probably find that the FE127 based system is really designed as one of the latter, and more significantly as an attention getter. There is also a separate powered sub utilizing the same approach.

The proof of the pudding, of course will be in the listening.

As for any small driver design compared to one along the lines of the the Hawthorne, MJK DIY OB project or numerous others, well that's apples to oranges, isn't it?

[chrisb]

Originally posted by steve shiels



I too don't own hawthorns, but have heard them with direct ab comparisions to fostex and lowthers
..i thought they do the ob thing ok..
but midrange clarity is not at the level of the smaller fostex drivers.. slow bass, to be fair they good for the money though..

i'm not stuck on the 15" emmence as OB bass drivers either...
but thats me..

steve

seconded, Steve - indeed for a more involving midrange (albeit soft at either extreme of the range) I found the Visaton B200 more to my preference

[pacificblue]

Originally posted by CLS
They look like cardioid to me:

aka unipole