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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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d2girls
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did you even read my post? I came to the same conclusion as you: it’s not fair to tarnish a brand due to a few speakers that fall through the QA cracks.


for the record, I have never spoke with kosst, I do not know this gentleman at all. He is not my friend or “comrade in arms” (hey! Brothers in arms is a great record)

also please refrain from calling me by my first name in public.
ketchup
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Teajay,
I asked you an honest question in response to your comment that Tekton have high build quality, but you didn't answer.  What exactly is high quality about these speakers?  It can't be the drivers, as they are not made by Tekton.  So, I ask again, what is it about Tekton that is high quality?  I am honestly not seeing it.
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ketchup
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People who loved their Thiel speakers often discovered over time that the front baffles, on certain models, would crack and pull away from the side of the cabinets.
Comparing Tekton to Thiel is silly.  Thiel were extremely high quality loudspeakers with gorgeous woodwork/veneer.  They also designed and built their own drivers.  To compare the two companies is crazy.  I think the models you're talking about above are probably the ones with the concrete front baffle.  That was highly unusual construction done for ultimate performance.  I think anyone should know how to glue MDF together and make it last at this point.

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