Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?


I owned the Tekton Lore Reference for about a year and a half and they were great for the price. I ran them with a 50w tube integrated and it was a nice combo. For $750 I had no complaints except perhaps that the paint was cracking on one of the rounded corners. I ended up buying a pair of Gallo CL-2 for an office system on closeout direct from Gallo for $390/pair. After they were broken in I found myself listening to them more than the Tektons after awhile. I was getting addicted to the CDT tweeter.

Based on that experience I ordered the CL-3 refurbished for $650/pair shipped (crazy steal) and they were on a different level than both of the above. Sonically, one defining moment for me was listening to Joni Mitchell, Both Sides Now. (I think the Track was You’re My Thrill. )
During the intro there is a brief flute soli. With the Tektons it sounded like a really nice flute section that was very homogenous sounding and blended. With the Gallos I could hear each individual flute player and their unique tones and vibrato. The bass was also deeper and tighter on the gallos and the imaging was just amazingly holographic and wide and deep.

I know the timing of this is interesting as the Tekton hype train seems to be at full tilt right now with some of his higher models and I am curious to hear them. The 2 things that would give me serious pause and keep me from moving up the Tekton line are 1) the size and aesthetics 2) The very much "in your face" house sound that can get tiring to me.  Just wondering what others have moved on to from Tekton and what they heard that moved them in that direction.
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I believe he bought them. I just think he needed at least 100 hours of play or possibly worked with speaker position. Plus its seems he didn't like the look of them. 
 For me it took over 175 hours for me to be comfortable with my Electons. But at the end of the day...DO I really care that he returned them?... NAH
No I don’t care. Just want newbie aphiles to read about how important time and proper system matching to a speaker is. Takes time to get the best out of a speaker.  Time and effort.  Plopping a speaker in and listening for a few hours will never help one end up with the best sound for their ears and preferences.  It will frustrate. 
Aniwolfe it’s clear, Maltuse saw them in the picture, So He knows how they look, It’s sad to waste shipping money to return them IF Indeed Bought the monitors, looking at his previous post .He understood that 24 hrs will not do it.I agree He miss the opportunity to have one of the best speakers for 2k maybe more.,
Tom I still believe He did not returned a thing.He did not bought a Tekton period.The way I read his post, it tells me He did not. More of a troll..,