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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
1markr
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@roadwarrior75 

We did not at Teajay's house.  As Bon mentioned, they were powered by Threshold amps.  Both systems had tubed preamps (both LTA) though, and in concert with the SS amps, the matching was ideal on both systems.

I've heard our Impact Monitors with tube amps, and I heard the Ulfs wth tubes amps, and my feeling is that the Tektons sound their best with SS amps; you will not get the best from them with 1wpc, in my opinion of course. @teajay can better articulate his experience with low power tube amps and the Tektons.
jetter
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It would be interesting to hear how the PS will sound with the Pass xa25, seems like they would be perfect together.
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jayctoy
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Jetter I agree, it’s proven the xa 25 is perfect match for the impact monitor, The SET would probably shine on the XA 25...
1markr
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@jetter

+1... @jayctoy

Absolutely agree the XA25 will be great with the Perfect SET! Just put a wonderful tube pre in front of it and < mike drop >!! :)
roadwarrior75
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@jayctoy    @1markr 

thanks again for the feedback

sounds like the SET  works best with more powerful SS amps?

these might not  be suited for "flea watt" amps, is what i'm gathering?  

Thanks 
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