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Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time"

Just got in house for review for hometheaterreview.com Tekton Design’s new, The Perfect SET, which is close to 100dB efficient and never dips below 8 ohms, which Eric built to be used with SET "flea watt" amplifiers. It is a front ported design using a 12 inch woofer and his patented array of small transducers that function as a midrange driver with a single tweeter in the middle. I set them up in a system with a great 2A3 SET amplifier and found them so superlative I did not stop listening for over five hours! Taking about "goosebump time" the music was so beautiful that
I lost track of time.

These speakers have all the virtues of the other Tekton speakers, speed, utter transparency/micro-details, great soundstaging, and that special "aliveness" that I experience when I listen to my Ulf’s. What really amazed me was what the Perfect SET was delivering on the bottom end frequencies, subterrainian/taut powerful bass, that was shaking the room, all coming from at most 2.5 to 3 watts.

If you love SET amplifiers this speaker is a match made in heaven, and remember this pair just arrived and is not totally burnt in yet.

teajay

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tonykay
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OH NO, not another Tekton thread (complete with fanboy testimonials)! Please Tekton, just pay for an ad here.  I’m no hater, just trying to understand why there are suddenly so many threads, complete with gushy testimonials about Tekton products. It hasn’t escaped my notice that many of these testimonials come from posters with very few past postings. 
tonykay
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A previous responder wrote, “There are a couple of issues that jump out to me immediately. The manufacturer (Tekton) chooses to sell direct and has no distribution network.” And further, “This business model is good at cost constraint, but suffers with regard to wide spread exposure.”

I can’t think of a better way to get the message out than to initiate threads on Agon soliciting testimonials. Many of these gushy testimonials are from “members” with very few posts, which might indicate that they are new members or that this thread somehow compelled them to share their opinion. I’m stunned that many are able to quote specs on the speakers, and comment on the speaker designer’s philosophy as if they are old friends. I recall one poster asking “Are they really as good as they say?” Even this thread uses the term “goosebumps” to describe the listening experience. Really? Excuse me if I seem suspicious!
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