Напольная акустика — Tekton Design DYNAMITE MONITOR

The Dynamite Monitor is the most compact loudspeaker in Tekton Design's monitor range, from the American company founded by designer Eric Alexander in Orem, Utah. Tekton designed it to save space compared with its Pendragon and Impact Monitor models while keeping the brand's patented seven-tweeter midrange array. Although it stands about 53cm tall, it is a monitor intended for stands or low furniture rather than a true floorstander.

Key specs that matter

The Dynamite Monitor is a proprietary three-way design built under US Patent 9247339. Its mid/high section is a polygon-oriented array of seven ring radiators, paired with a bass driver in a ported cabinet. Frequency response is 45Hz to 30kHz, sensitivity is 92dB and nominal impedance is 4 ohms, with recommended amplification up to 100W. The cabinet measures 52.7 x 20.6 x 26cm.

Engineering and use context

Tekton's array concept treats a cluster of small, light tweeter domes as a single radiator. In the Dynamite Monitor, the seven-element array covers the midrange and high frequencies, and Tekton states that its midrange moving mass is about 90% lower than the moving mass of a planar electrostatic panel, which allows the diaphragms to start and stop quickly with signal changes. Arranging the elements around a centre point gives the array controlled directivity, spreading sound in a focused pattern that reduces reflections from nearby side walls and ceilings. Because the midrange comes from the array rather than from the bass driver, the bass unit can concentrate on low frequencies, which makes a three-way layout possible in a cabinet this small. The narrow baffle keeps the speaker unobtrusive on stands or a sideboard, and its sensitivity is unusually high for a cabinet of this size, the result of the low-mass array. Tekton sells direct to customers with a range of paint finishes.

Pairing

High sensitivity means modest amplifiers produce useful levels, though the amplifier must be stable into the low impedance, and low-to-moderate power solid-state or tube amplifiers suit it. Solid stands bringing the array level with a seated listener's ears suit it best, and in rooms that need deeper bass, a subwoofer crossed over in the upper bass completes the system without asking more of the small bass driver.

Alternatives

Tekton Design's own Encore Monitor uses two seven-dome arrays in a taller MTM cabinet for deeper bass and higher sensitivity.