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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Showing 2 responses by kosst_amojan

Two points:
1) Folks like James make me want to avoid any product that provokes the kind of ugly, nonsensical fervor he just displayed. And from what I've seen in Tekton discussions, he's not really an exception, but more the rule. 

2) Tekton fans, and Eric himself, like to bang on about how their speakers just blow away products costing 10 times as much. But.... there's Eric selling $12,000 and $20,000 speakers! Am I to believe that a pair of $20,000 Pendragon PMD's are showing up Wilson Alexandria XLF's and Focal Grande Utopia EM's? Or even a pair of Sasha W/P's or Sopra No.3's? That's really hard to believe. 
James... THAT attitude is the one I'm talking about.

@cleeds 
I've got far better things to do with $20k than see if I like a speaker. Seeing as how Eric can't be bothered to actually place his products in a store, that's what it would cost me. What's more, Tekton horror stories aren't exactly rare. There seems to be some very poor management at work there. 11 years seems like a long time to have only gotten as far as Eric's gotten.