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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
roadwarrior75
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@teajay 

was looking on the Tekton website and speaker is rated @96dB  and with a 12" bass driver. will my LTA MZ2  have enough, to get good solid bass or should i stick with more power for better bass  impact and soundstage?
gaal
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Roadwarrior75

I have the LTA MZ2-S and tried running the Double Impacts at high volume...let's just say I had to replace an output tube. You may want to talk with Mark Schneider at LTA for his recommendation. Now that I am running the LTA Ultralinear amplifier with the system there is plenty of solid bass with a gorgeous soundstage. Also, I took advantage of having my power supply upgraded through LTA - it was a noteworthy improvement.
ketchup
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I keep hearing about the high build quality of Tekton, but what exactly is built to a high level of quality?  They look less than average.  I'm no troll, just curious.
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jayctoy
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Ketchup they are not built less than Average, I  have one, I like my impact monitor the way it’s built, I wish , I have the piano finish...
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jayctoy
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Ketchup if the Tekton are built like the Wilson speakers , I can’t afford one, Iam ok with the built and look, especially the performance...
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