damn i was expecting this guy to back peddle but he's actually doubling down

@ManFromLaBamba

3 ай бұрын

Yes never seen a speaker with that.

@narmale

3 ай бұрын

They always seem to make a better idiot

The camel hump remained when re-measured with the feet in place. It went away when the speaker was placed up side down.

@jayjacaty3009

3 ай бұрын

Which very clearly indicates an enclosure resonance in the top part of the cabinet.

@marstedt

15 күн бұрын

Erin is the man, one of the best reviewers I've ever come across. He's right on the money.

Lawyers, just what you need to address technical differences. All you will get is a huge bill.

I am returning the flagship Tektons I bought last month. I don't even care about the shipping cost. What a horrible company.

@Smood47

2 ай бұрын

Respect

LMFAO selling speakers with feet holes that go all the way into the cabinet.

@jayjacaty3009

3 ай бұрын

Right? The fact that the feet mounting points are not blind holes shows poor build quality considering this is on a multi-thousand dollar loudspeaker cabinet.

@BostonMike68

3 ай бұрын

That's crazy! I make my bottoms and tops 3" thick, what is he talking about Vance Dickinson and name dropping,

@jonnyo2121

2 ай бұрын

@@jayjacaty3009 Maybe he had good aspirations at some point, but like many in high-end audio, realized a lot of the customers much more prioritize a nice-sounding sales pitch than nice-sounding speakers. Then the quality followed.

@WeeWeeJumbo

2 ай бұрын

@@jonnyo2121for what it’s worth, Tekton owners are generally super happy with the product

This is so pathetic, unreal and strangely sad.

@rking3724

3 ай бұрын

Don’t “litigate” me.

@user-fi8zb1hl3g

3 ай бұрын

True…

I was deeply disappointed to read Tekton's email demanding to "...begin litigation first thing in the morning if the review isn't pulled". Transparency is a trait that customers value. I truly hope that one day the owner, Eric can find his path back to ethical business practices.

How to destroy your own business, Chapter 1 verse 1....

What speaker maker would think making speakers with leg holes in the cabinetry was a good idea in the first place....

@dicmccoy

7 күн бұрын

You're stupid aren't you? Rhetorical question. JM Labs/Focal did it. So did many others. It's nothing new or out of the ordinary. What kind of idiot doesn't notice them installed? I know. Erin! 🤣

The only reason he wants your lawyer involved is to cost you money, further dissuading you from ever reviewing these products. And by veiling their measurements they can always claim your measurements are incorrect and use that as a basis for "litigation".

“My best friend is a lawyer… …i think I’ve said enough” all in one breath.

You created this issue and now you get to reap the results of your actions. Enjoy!

You have fantastic speakers, I WILL NOT be your customer…LITIGATION you know

@fatdoi003

15 күн бұрын

if customers claim warranty, maybe they'll receive lawyer's letter instead

Comes off as “I’m right, you’re wrong.”

"Cocaine is a helluva drug..."

@m_c_8656

3 ай бұрын

perfect!

@18000rpm

3 ай бұрын

He's going to sue you for implying he takes cocaine!

lit·i·ga·tion noun the process of taking legal action.

Just say "guys, I'm really sorry I lost my shit over a simple issue. I over reacted and said some stupid things." That's how you should have fixed this. Instead you dug a hole and jumped right in. Really crappy business choice as you are finding out.

How to destroy your brand in one video.

@josephpsmithe

2 ай бұрын

Dam it, that’s what I wanted to say. You’ll be hearing from my lawyer……

It seems odd that he claims to have performed 20,000 acoustical measurements and Erin has likely accumulated thousands of hours of measurements, yet lawyers are expected to figure out the correct conclusion from these measurements.

Now you have to tell your "lawyer friend"... nope that didn't work.

Not a single tester has said that they just "didn't want to fix it". Eric Alexander is full of it

If the blip don't fit you must acquit.

The second review helped you, simple bracing or a thicker top may fix the impedence issue at little extra cost and you still talk about litigation. You have no shame.

@tpn8402

3 ай бұрын

I think this was before the second review came out

@mm11720

3 ай бұрын

@@tpn8402 OH, I agree, the damage was done, just speculation on how things could have been simple and leave no long lasting damage to either party. As you say, too late.. IMHO due to one ego and it wasn't Erins

Merriam-Webster defines litigation as “the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law,” or “a legal action or proceeding (such as a lawsuit).”

Haven't seen anyone light themselves on fire very often. Litigation has a has meaning Eric, best friend lawyer. You don't get to make up a different one.

Oh his best friend is a lawyer? How convenient.

Deleting negative comments again. Why add ballance and integrity to you world view at such a late stage in life?

one of the great things about YT is the viewer often discover what NOT to buy as much as what TO buy.

Thank you for telling consumers not to deal with you and Tekton as a whole.

I think Tekton needs a PR person to rangle Mr. Alexander in. He is doing damage to his company.

@viggozing598

3 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gHams5aKj5XVgNY.htmlfeature=shared

@fatdoi003

15 күн бұрын

that's why it's always not advisable to represent yourself in the court or PR.... unless it's for apology..... nothing comes good when you're defending your position from unpopular angle

Eric Alexander has finally steered me away from buying Tekton speakers. I was actually looking to buy one of their perfect SET speakers but I cannot give my money to this character. This video is BS. I really don't care is there is a flaw in the speaker or not. Every speaker has flaws. Eric has way more flaws than his speakers. Eric, you are the one killing your business regardless of what any KZread says.

@mizake01

3 ай бұрын

ERIN'S review had actually put Tektran on my buy list. Not now. Ive been a teacher 24 years. This man seems to be very, very immature, like no one actually ever CORRECTED him. I will pray, hope for him.

@ManFromLaBamba

3 ай бұрын

Yes, Erin’s review was actually very mild in its criticism. Especially considering, as Alexander states here, that it’s not that expensive a speaker and one that is an old design. He blew up over NOTHING!

I knew Tekton made screwdrivers and other hand tools. I didn't know they made speakers, too.

Omg..he mentions not having the feet on the bottom..Erin did a second review and pulled the first one off and his measurements were the same with the feet on as well.I found Erins behavior to be accomodating and Professional

Imagine calling this company for assistance: 'Hi you've reached the law offices of Tekton Speakers and Phoneix Wright Ace Attorney..." Haha

This is only good for the consumer. Tekton prices are going to fall fast.

So ironic that the audio in this video is crap.

@A_Bunch_of_Savages

3 ай бұрын

I've been assured the audio is just fine. You probably measured it wrong.

@hanovergreen4091

14 күн бұрын

If I mention the video quality does that mean I get a letter too? *shudder* :). Best Regards and Best Wishes!

@joseeduardorussoperis4668

12 күн бұрын

Try turning your phone upside down

Merriam-Webster: Litigation - the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law, the act or process of litigating

Are you not adult enough that you can sort out problems first without almost immediately threatening with a lawyer? Very sad. The reviewers asked for your FR measurements and you refused so that's also on you. It's about time you published measurements

Mr. Alexander -- When you use the "L-Word" in an email, and then PERSONALLY ON VIDEO, talk about "My lawyer has a twenty-minute conversation with your lawyer", THAT is the ENTIRE problem that everyone is seeing/talking about. I'm older than you are (almost 70 years old), but even I know that the "L-Word", having lawyers talk to each other, and "get something accomplished that is good for me", sure sounds like "Sue", and I'm not talking about Johnny Cash's hit song. If you are losing any business, it is because of YOUR actions.

@mizake01

3 ай бұрын

AMEN!

@mfkhometheater7742

3 ай бұрын

Yeah these kids today, always want their lawyers to handle it;-) I'm older than Eric too and have been designing speakers a bit longer. I do find some of his designs interesting, I need to find an opportunity to audition them some day.

@ManFromLaBamba

3 ай бұрын

He is disingenuous in is own video. He probably doesn’t even see it he is so up his own portal

@ripjones5294

3 ай бұрын

@@mfkhometheater7742 -- I would be interested in what your designs look like, and what the cost breakdown would be. I am always on the hunt for things to connect up to my Vintage stereo electronics.. Just a thought.

@AdamsOlympia

3 ай бұрын

Many unscrupulous people do that to get a settlement payout (legal version of blackmail, with the threat of costing them even more money via a SLAP lawsuit in court) .. Groundless claims like that should be criminal.

According to Merriam-Webster, litigation means "the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law."

Britannica Dictionary definition of LITIGATE. law. : to make (something) the subject of a lawsuit : to cause (a case, an issue, etc.) to be decided and settled in a court of law.

Glad to see someone saved it. I left a comment on that vid then the vid was removed after I, and all the others commented, he was still wrong and was lying he didn't threaten to sue and intimidate Erin. As expected, Erin's measurements with feet added resulted in zero differences. I was interested in the brand until this fluff up and Eric cost himself far more biz by that response vs anything Erin could have done.

I was thing about trying this product. NO LONGER!!!

Wow, the comments are not good. Your email was posted, the viewership read it and somehow now you want them to believe a different story. A quick apology might have worked better and ended this? People have short memories and if your speakers were as good as you say they sound, then I’ll venture to say it would have become a moot point. Everyone knows KZread reviewers need a hook to get viewers to read in. Erin’s response was perfect, yours specs were not and he laid it all out for us to see. Bad move and even worse follow up on your part that seems disingenuous to save yourself from the backlash you are currently in.

@WeeWeeJumbo

2 ай бұрын

you do realize the uploader isn’t the guy speaking, right

Please don’t sue me dude!!

Just bad judgement on your part Eric, it wasn't a bad review, you should never bring up litigation or even react to an online review unless someone is relentlessly attacking you. None of this would be happening if you had just ignored it, your sales would not have been negatively impacted, and most would have forgotten about it by now. You made a mistake, and this video wasn't exactly the best damage control. I've never heard your speakers, I've been building my own for 50+ years, so you're not losing any business from me because I would have never been a customer anyway. If this were not the case however, Erin's review would not have deterred me from considering your product. Your response to Erin however would. Just a suggestion, your best bet now is probably to just be quiet about it and let it eventually blow over. I see a lot of negativity in the comments here so clearly the damage control isn't working. From what I've seen, you have some unique designs and there is a market for that so just let it go, let things quiet down and in time it will be as if it never happened.

I almost bought Tekton speakers at one point, but for sure won’t now. “My lawyer sits down with your lawyer”? Lmao!

I'm having Mark Schifter flashbacks.

How i destroy my Company ! And all my Respect and show that im a Little Kid. Dont Fight with the Media

10 seconds into the video and he hasn’t said “I’m sorry” yet, i knew this was gonna be good :)

This is not the first time I have known of you and your company doing this. This is the reason I explicitly avoid your products even after hearing them.

I HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT BE your customer, do not litigate thou

Shame on you, Eric Alexander! Boycott all of Tekton's shit!

@superdougie10

3 ай бұрын

Just be quite he has every right to run his affairs the way he wants too. It's un-American to treat a small company this way.

@18000rpm

3 ай бұрын

@@superdougie10 So it's American to threaten legal action if you don't like a review? LOL ok.

@superdougie10

3 ай бұрын

​@18000rpm It was a private matter, and nothing happened. It's still on the reviewer for throwing this into the publics face and destroying a brilliant company's product creating hate.

@ryanrichardson2957

3 ай бұрын

@@superdougie10 he did it to himself for acting like a jackass. I hope Tekton goes out of business. He tried to be a bully and it blew up in his face 🤷‍♂️

@ManFromLaBamba

3 ай бұрын

@@superdougie10far from private. Alexander posted on the website, made litigation threats, demands etc. he is the one who imploded his own reputation.

Public relations and customer service sells products. Not the L..... word.

Wow... Eric sounds very childish in his choice of words. No attempt at apology... no acknowledgement of reality. What a jackass.

Your words were clear, on the response you sent back. Your pattern has been shown. You made matters worst, by not appropriately responding or working with Erin to mutually resolve a perceived issue or mistake. Shame on you and your business practices.

I'm in the market for speakers in this class. For sure, it will NOT BE A TEKTON.

Listening to this gentleman's thoughts here - I am concerned he has mental health issues. That's why its important not to bully this man. He has made s series of poor choices here, but the tone of his voice suggests he may be approaching a mental breakdown.

@greysuit17

2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately that’s not anyone else’s responsibility but his.

@Monkeyseemonkey79

2 ай бұрын

@@greysuit17 it's 100% your responsibility to decide how you want to respond to this man and how you want to treat him.

@greysuit17

2 ай бұрын

@@Monkeyseemonkey79 you’re twisting what I am saying…his personal issues are just that his personal issues/his responsibility. He makes a public video being a bully, he reaps what he sows.

@Monkeyseemonkey79

2 ай бұрын

@@greysuit17 my point is that I don't think this guy made these decisions with a sound mind. I suspect he's on the verge of a breakdown.

@greysuit17

2 ай бұрын

@@Monkeyseemonkey79 and it’s just speculation, no way to know but he brought this on himself whether his mental state is sound or not.

Its sad. He will blame Erin for the rest of his life for destroying his company when in fact he did all that by himself.

12:46 "I hope this will help SUE things over" 😂. Freudian slip right there..

@spoiler9112

Ай бұрын

"Sue" = "Sooth"

“Online reviewers are nervous” I don’t think so.. not after a month or two

Eric seems to misrepresent the distressing legal threat he made to Erin (@ Erin's Audio Corner). I'm not beleiving anything further he says. Tekton is now dead to me.

Meanwhile, Tekton official channel has disabled comments :D Love to see the like/dislike ratio on his last videos. Wonder how many orders people have cancelled after this show.

I have never heard them but they look like budget diy speakers

@hondaphan4172

Ай бұрын

I've always thought the same thing.

So, I was seriously thinking of importing some Tektons last year but the shipping and import costs were prohibitive at the time. I was still planning to do so at some point. Whilst I found their customer service was responsive in answering my various questions, various people were warning me to be cautious on forums. I then discovered this whole recent controversy and this video really put me off taking a risk on Tekton. Like so many others on here, I am amazed at the way he has chosen to address this issue. I also happen to be a lawyer and am calling bs on the whole notion that litigation meant a friendly chat between lawyers. We all know it does not work out like that. He should have taken a more diplomatic approach and essentially tried to discuss it maturely like he is attempting to do now, but I suspect it is too little too late and the damage is already done.

Tone deaf response

@ManFromLaBamba

3 ай бұрын

I measured his response with the feet on. It was still tone deaf.

Dude sounds like a sociopath

I will most certainly not be buying a Tekton speaker now. How can I support someone who acts like this?

Thank you for the re upload!

I’m a Tekton fan, I have a pair and love them but this has Made me lose a lot of respect for this dude. I trust Erin’s measurements, it was not this big of a deal but now it is. It’s his own fault and yes it is a threat of a law suit that’s what lawyers do.

Oh get our lawyers together and litigate. That is way different than a lawsuit. Gee, what happens if our lawyers can't agree?

I was considering buying a pair Ulfberht to replace my ageing Infinity IRS Betas. All this is making me think twice. So I found a company in Germany that will completely rebuild my Infinitys for around 12K. He has glowing reviews and took the best part of an hour talking to me. My best friend multi lingual and translated when needed. Since I am a technician he is letting me ship just the EMIT drivers and I will assemble them myself. It's easier than the Apogee Diva bass ribbon I changed for a friend whos maid sunk a vacuum cleaner handle through it.

I have designed quite a few speakers and measure them. There is no way that 250 Hz wiggle is due to air leakage. That is a cabinet resonance. They happen. Get over it!

"Let me start this video with my own definition of litigation" What a prick.

The guy is acting like a narcissist. This is a case study in how not to conduct yourself as a person or as a company.

He feels confident he's taken at LEAST 20,000 acoustical measurements. Wow i highly doubt that 😂

I’m not going to burn my $250 Starter jacket because someone took a knee. I’m not going to stop drinking a beer because the beer company supports a.certain group of people. I’m certainly not going to deprive myself of beautiful sound because of spats between a few grown men. I ordered my Tekton’s and look forward to enjoying it’s beautiful sound.

Hey make a speaker with 10 tweeters. How messed up is that off axis?

The guy just doesn’t get it. Let lawyers talk. Who’s paying the lawyer fees for the conversation? Just a jerk who thinks he is so important

By, "litigation" I only meant that I will force you to have to hire a lawyer. Something I don't think you can afford.

Surely Mr Alexander is not suggesting that just speakers loaned to a reviewer should be the speakers reviewed and not those purchased by the reviewer?

Eric at Tekton Designs truly nailed the coffin into TekTon himself, hope Eric understands and takes responsibility for these debacles which he created himself #meaculpa #ericlikesfeet 🦶🦶🦶🦶

6:55 - I'm so glad he's not trying to offend anyone. Making friends = if you don't take down your review tomorrow morning I will need to seek litigation and seek damages ... : | 8:45 - well, it's a resonance ... Yep. Erin picked it up on a whim and then backed it up with a DATS v3 in a few minues ... and yet the manufacturer is completely clueless and offended?!?!?? =|

Bullying honest reviewers is a fast track to not selling your product. After watching Erin's original review I was actually thinking about buying these but I'll never buy from this brand now.

Well... Andrew Jones' speakers always get good reviews. However, one of my friends sold me his because he didn't like them! It is what it is my friend. It is hard to make a few thousands for speakers, circumvent spouses' disapproval of big boxes and pair them with electronics! So, somebody comes along with measurements who understands this and end users appreciate that!

I feel like this is a man who is phenomenal at designing speakers but catastrophic at PR and doesn't realise it. He should probably just hire a young and upbeat specialist to do PR/ media and just focus on making the speakers. There's no need to let social clumsiness or personality flaws ruin a great speaker company's reputation.

@kerryvanderkamp5051

8 күн бұрын

He can’t afford a PR guy because of all the legal costs

Instead of contacting lawyers for bad measurements, how about contacting your research and development team. Sad!

tekton had interested me, no more, there are better people in this hobby.

Hold on. Please clarify if I am wrong. You just said for people to turn their data over to you, the maker, and if it matches your data, you’ll co-sign it 🤔. Or…both sides can sit down with a non-acoustical experts, lawyers, and they can confirm or correct errors in data 🤔. Did my ears glitch?

@jonnyo2121

2 ай бұрын

This is just his polite way of saying "Only post positive reviews or I'll get my lawyers". You have to wonder how long this guy has been BS'ing people to think delivering this warning in his quiet, polite way will actually fly outside his usual country club crowd.

@Alumapro23

2 ай бұрын

💯 Unfortunately, this isn’t uncommon. I posted a video about a high end knife I bought and the maker did some similar things. He lead off with I should have contacted him first AND shared my video before saying or posting anything 👀. WHAT!?!? I know we live in a litigious country and time, but if something can be shown, objectively, what’s the problem? Even if there is question, what do you sound like trying to suppress opposing takes?

Why should a magazine send you the pdf of the review for fact checking if he’s entitled to publish it as it is..? This is just a subtle way to say that you want to be able to push the review in a different direction before it is published

Fire sale on Tekton speakers coming soon.

Just by the looks of them, I can tell these speaker suck!

"get something accomplished" Meaning I win, you lose and I end up chilling the review space. I win, everyone else loses. Pathetic.

When someone has delusions or grandeur and a superiority complex 😂

Good thing it's out there, again.

This response by Eric is just so incredibly cringey and I can't go a couple weeks without thinking about it. Incredible he can't see where he went wrong and doubles down. I'll never consider a Tekton product from this point forward.

Won't go near a Tekton product in future.

Oh by the way, lawyers charge by the hour, so…… yeah.

Ego destroying a business.