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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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greg22lz
176 posts
 
Owning the DI upgraded version, I find that it is not lacking in bass in the least bit. It could be a bit more defined (upgrades will take care of that) and there could be some refinement that @grannyring mentions but all in all the DI's are very responsive, neutral and transparent at every level from top to bottom. Running 55 watts tube amp has more than enough power at any volume. Soundstage and detail are magnificent so I am guessing I would ask what components are not really giving you what you want in your sound?
Regards,
Greg
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jayctoy
1,962 posts
 
To all Tekton impact monitor owners and maybe Double impact owners , I find my Plinius SA 100 amp, is the one I prefer for my monitor, they complement each other very well, musicality, speed ,transient , slam , tonal balance, bass and many more . I used my viva 300p integrated as well, a bit slow compare to Plinius....
kosst_amojan
2,095 posts
 
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. 
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lpretiring
195 posts
 
Quite a bit of bitter Eric bashing going on with many naysayers never having heard any of his products.

IMHO, he has created a product line that offers high end performance at relative modest costs, with the ability to judge for 2 months in your own home for the risk of return shipping. Some people have a problem with that? I give him credit for it.

Based on my first hand experience, his ability to deliver speakers in a timely manner has evolved from poor to professional.

Quality control I will get to judge again in about a week when my D.I.'s arrive. You see Eric allowed me to swap out my Electrons at the end of my 2 month trial for the simple reason that the SE amp I purchased at 7 watts is short on power for the Electrons in my opinion. Here then is 1 vote for customer service progressing in the right direction.

   LP

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