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Worked Backwards and Would like to Hear Suggestions on Speakers

I did the opposite most folks on forum suggested. I already had Bose 901 Series VI speakers but built my system around them. My setup includes Mcintosh MC501's, C2500 Preamp, Thurman Conditioner, Cary 100 DAC, which I'm selling, Oppo 105D, and MusicHall 7.1 turntable. I use all Cardas Golden XLR Cables except for Bose Equalizer which I use Cardas Golder RCA's. I mostly stream using dedicated MacBook 13" retina..

The Bose sound really good but would like suggestions for better. My range? Not sure, I can spend up to 10K but would rather stay in the 3-6K range.

Thanks!
roddyboy
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mac48025
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Roddyboy,
After owning and loving speakers from Vandersteen, Magnepan, Revel and Legacy I'm enjoying the Tekton DI's more than any speaker I've owned. Seemless driver integration, dynamics a plenty, the best bass I've heard and a realist midrange with detailed and airy highs. For me they create a deep wall of musical realism from floor to ceiling all across my room. Yet as much as I love the DI's I'm replacing them......with the DI SE's ; )
roddyboy OP
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Does the Tekton DI sound good when not sitting directly in front? and how does it compare to GoldenEar Triton 1's?
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gdhal
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Does the Tekton DI sound good when not sitting directly in front? and how does it compare to GoldenEar Triton 1’s?

I can’t tell/write much about Tekton because I’ve never seen or heard a pair. I can tell you anything you would like to know about the Triton One though. Typically, Golden Ear doesn’t get all that much love on this site. But I’d highly recommend Golden Ear (former T1 owner, current T Ref owner).

Here is what my dealer had to say (back in June, their web site may have changed since then) about Tekton.

"This Tekton designer is stating obvious facts that are known by all loudspeaker designers, that is why multi way speakers are around. The smaller midranges and tweeters are lower in mass and handle the upper harmonics of instruments. His stating that a guitar producing a 41hz note is only being reproduced by a subwoofer with a 200-300 gram cone is totally false, the upper harmonics of that guitar note are being reproduced by the midrange and tweeter which are much lower in mass and able to reproduce the harmonics. He also doesn’t state what his speaker does that is different to try and diminish the mass of the drivers, they look pretty typical to me. I think this is pretty much snake oil."
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bdp24
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walterzlife---Whenever I see a comment such as yours, I can’t help but ask: How can you be so very, very sure? Have you heard all the ESL speakers available today? The Music Reference, for instance? All the SoundLab models? The Sanders 10e? All the ribbon and magnetic-planar speakers available? I could never make a statement such as yours, but that’s just me ;-).
bondmanp
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gdhal - With all respect to your dealer, has he heard the Tektons?  I have not, so I have no idea if they are any good or not.  But I do understand the need for speaker designers not to talk too much about their "special sauce", especially if it is not protected by a patent.  Speaker designing is as much art as science, and, perhaps, Tekton's designer can take ordinary drivers, crossovers and cabinets, and fashion them into something that performs quite well compared to other speakers.  But for a B&M dealer to criticize a speaker he has not heard and could never become a dealer for is, well, a bit suspect.


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