Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?

@malthuse

Look at genjamon’s post below yours and you will see a constructive way of helping people on this forum. What you said holds zero weight in my book. At least let people know in a mature way what the pro’s and cons are? How did they compare to your Maggies  or Harbeths etc? Engage your audience!

I'm breaking in Impact Monitors, now.  They absolutely have a distinctive sound and very much react to different amplification.  I'm really enjoying them, so far, but I can certainly see (hear) how they may not be everyone's cup o' tea.  45-50 hours in, and they've definitely smoothed out some already.  I'll give them a good 150 hours or so and also re-run them through the different amps and then see how they work with a sub, before making a final call.  I think they are keepers for the price, and I am fortunate to be able to have multiple setups, so they don't have to be all-rounders.

The bass is the biggest question.  There's plenty of it, but it's flubby.  But, that deserves further attention to placement, stands, re-running the different amps, etc., before making a final call.  It may not end up being an issue, because I intended to cross them over and incorporate a sub.

Anyway, to Malthuse's credit, sometimes, you just know...right away.  Ugly is relative, but I can certainly also see how someone could think that.  I'll be covering up the spider eyes when the grills come.  Even though I knew the dimensions and saw pictures, they are bigger in real life than I thought.  Curious about Malthuse's critique other than ugly and bizarre, even if only determined in a day.  What worked, what didn't, associated gear, etc.  Maybe that belongs on the Tekton Monitor thread, but curious.

In the end, the question for me will most likely be whether they get bumped for something I already have...Spendors, Cantons, Salks, Omegas, etc.  Kind of the inverse of the thread title.  Most likely they'll go in rotation.

It seems a prevailing sentiment is, oddly, that one can say upon setting up a new speaker (like the Tektons) "It was immediately obvious how much better these were from my previous speakers!"

But if someone says "It was immediately obvious these speakers didn’t have the qualities I was looking for" then, well, that’s called into question because what fool judges a speaker so quickly? Break in and all that.

(Personally I always get a good reading on a speaker upon first setting it up.  Yes further tweaking will dial things in, but the essential voice and qualities are immediately apparent and in my experience, remain throughout my ownership of the speaker).

It seems a prevailing sentiment is, oddly, that one can say upon setting up a new speaker (like the Tektons) "It was immediately obvious how much better these were from my previous speakers!"

@prof.  Sometimes, I think, that's "new toy" syndrome.