New Tekton Pendragons On The Way

Speakers arrived, one of them has damage in the top right corner thanks to FedEx being so careful. I posted a pic in my virtual system under the "Office System".

Any chance we can back on topic? With that being said, the speakers shipped yesterday and should be here on Monday. There is a 60 day money back guarantee (less shipping) so this seems like a no-brainer to me.

" I think you are going to love the Pendragon's provided your room has the space to accommodate them."

My room is 40 by 50 as it is almost the entire second floor of my home.

Thanks, I am quite excited. What boggles me is that FedEx shipped both speakers with a Master tracking number, yet the speakers got separated somewhere in Utah and now they are on 2 different trucks going to the local FedEx distribution center near me. FedEx told me that it is quite possible to get 2 delivery's on Monday with 1 speaker each. Oh yeah and there is a hurricane to worry about for Sunday night-Monday as well. Can only happen to me.

FedEx is delivering the speakers tomorrow instead of Monday. I guess they are speeding things up just in case the hurricane strikes. I had to call my boss and change my personal day to tomorrow, but it's all good. Will post a couple of pics once they are set up. I still have to lug these things up a flight of stairs to my second floor office.

Shaky,

If you want to know more about the speaker, send me an email through Audiogon. The speakers offer a different perspective, one I am not used to.

I didn't want to say anything in public because I don't want others to get the wrong idea about the speakers. Keep in mind this is with my equipment in my room. First off, Eric Alexander was very accommodating to me. I wanted the speakers for last weekend and Eric made it happen. I am really thrilled that he went out of his way to make it happen.

I received the speakers Friday morning via FedEx. The boxes are huge and had no less than 8 red fragile stickers on the box in addition to large writing saying they were high end furniture and to treat it as such. With that being said, FedEx did manage to damage one of the speakers. The box with the damaged speaker had holes in it and tears. FedEx certainly didn't heed Tektons instructions on safe handling.

I got in touch with Tekton right away and made them aware of the situation and they offered to send out a new speaker immediately as replacement. At the time, I declined the offer.

THE SOUND: I put around 30 hours on the speakers over the weekend, listening for all the usual foibles. I was concerned the highs would be too bright with 3 tweeters in a line array. Not so, the highs were very smooth and never, ever called attention to themselves. The mids were overall smooth as well. The imaging and sound staging were everything an audiophile/music lover could ask for and I never felt they didn't deliver.

It was the bass or lack of it that was very problematic for me. No matter where I positioned the speakers and I moved them all over the room, the bass was very anemic. I am positive it was a room interaction somewhere, but that was the deal breaker for me. Male voices that were normally deep were very light sounding with no sense of body. Again, this is in my room which is large with 70's style shag carpeting and slanted ceilings.

I know it is not the fault of the speakers in any way and I really wanted to keep them, but I knew I would never be satisfied with the bass so I am sending them back this Thursday. You may think I am being a bit hasty, but I went down this road before with another pair of speakers 5 years ago, but instead of returning them, I tried to fix the problem by throwing a lot more money into the system. Nothing helped, and I didn't want to experience that again. I didn't want to go through the anxiety and sleepless nights another time.

So there you have it. I really wanted to keep the speakers but they just didn't work in my room. The fit and finish of the speakers is outstanding and I really don't understand how Eric can give you so much for so little cash outlay.

Already thought about the phasing and tried reversing the leads on one speaker. Really no difference in sound. No amount of break in would magically give me bass where there was none.

Almarg,

When I say no difference, yes the sound was diffused and vague, but since the bass was weak, the difference if any was slight. I brought the speakers downstairs and inserted them into my main system. The room is 16 by 18. The bass was excellent in that room with a solid state amp and all tube preamp. The physical size of the speakers made it impractical for the room which means TV has to go as well as one of the chairs. Not doable, and as good as the Pendragons were in the main system, they still weren't close to my Golden Ear Triton Ones that is in my main system.

The Pendragons were bought only for my secondary system and just didn't work with the room. There is nothing wrong with them as they sounded like night and day in my main system. I put my Odyssey Kismet Reference floorstanding speakers back into the secondary system minus the granite plinths they were on previously and they sound much better. I had the speakers on sharp cones sitting in a holder on top of the granite plinth. Now, coupled directly to the floor with the sharp cones had solidified the bass on the Kismets. I will keep what I already have.

Ladok........

The speakers were broken in enough and when I put the speakers in my main system downstairs, the bass was good. It's the room, not the speakers.

ZD542................

Not possible. The speakers are already boxed and are going out via FedEx this afternoon. I only hope the boxes survive the trip back to the factory as they were pretty beat up by FedEx when they first arrived.

I learned a valuable lesson. Free trial is nice but you have to consider the possibility of sending the item back and the costs involved. It cost me 295.00 to send the speakers back via FedEx with insurance. Never again.

Phusis.............

I agree with you completely. I once drove to Annapolis, Maryland and back home in 1 day. It was a 925 mile trip for a pair of DeVore speakers. I didn't like them and sold them 3 months later.