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Tekton Design
Website:https://tektondesign.com/
Est. year: 2003
Location: USA
Tekton Design was founded in 2006 by Eric Alexander as a loudspeaker workshop in Orem, Utah. Alexander, a drummer who has designed more than sixty speakers and crossovers over a 30-year career, built the company around high-sensitivity speakers that suit low-powered amplifiers, and sells them largely direct. The workshop turns out around 1,000 to 2,000 speakers a year, and the brand has grown mainly by word of mouth.
Range & what it's known for
The range spans the Lore, priced at about USD 1,000, the Moab, Symphony, Encore, Pendragon and Double Impact, up to the Ulfberht and the 1812 Model V12 at about USD 14,000 a pair. A Perfect SET line is designed for single-ended tube amplifiers, and custom finishes include a high-gloss black. The signature is the use of arrays of small drivers. The Double Impact, for instance, is an 11-driver, four-way design in which seven tweeters form a ring that acts as a midrange and treble source, flanked by two rear-ported 10-inch woofers, giving 98 dB sensitivity. Alexander holds a US patent for his array approach and has since developed a technique he calls IRL, aimed at keeping spatial information intact from recording to playback.
Who owns it and where it's made
Eric Alexander owns and runs Tekton as its chief executive. Design and assembly take place by hand in a modest warehouse in Orem, where a small engineering team works alongside him. The company spends little on conventional advertising.
The lineup in this catalog
The catalog lists Tekton loudspeakers, the cheapest at roughly USD 2,000 and the most expensive over USD 8,000.
Who it's for
Tekton suits listeners who run tube or other low-powered amplifiers and need an efficient speaker that does not ask for many watts. The Lore is the usual first step, models such as the Moab, Pendragon and Double Impact sit in between, while the Ulfberht and 1812 serve owners after the largest arrays. Buyers comfortable with ordering direct, without a local showroom, are the core audience.
Range & what it's known for
The range spans the Lore, priced at about USD 1,000, the Moab, Symphony, Encore, Pendragon and Double Impact, up to the Ulfberht and the 1812 Model V12 at about USD 14,000 a pair. A Perfect SET line is designed for single-ended tube amplifiers, and custom finishes include a high-gloss black. The signature is the use of arrays of small drivers. The Double Impact, for instance, is an 11-driver, four-way design in which seven tweeters form a ring that acts as a midrange and treble source, flanked by two rear-ported 10-inch woofers, giving 98 dB sensitivity. Alexander holds a US patent for his array approach and has since developed a technique he calls IRL, aimed at keeping spatial information intact from recording to playback.
Who owns it and where it's made
Eric Alexander owns and runs Tekton as its chief executive. Design and assembly take place by hand in a modest warehouse in Orem, where a small engineering team works alongside him. The company spends little on conventional advertising.
The lineup in this catalog
The catalog lists Tekton loudspeakers, the cheapest at roughly USD 2,000 and the most expensive over USD 8,000.
Who it's for
Tekton suits listeners who run tube or other low-powered amplifiers and need an efficient speaker that does not ask for many watts. The Lore is the usual first step, models such as the Moab, Pendragon and Double Impact sit in between, while the Ulfberht and 1812 serve owners after the largest arrays. Buyers comfortable with ordering direct, without a local showroom, are the core audience.
