Efficient speaker: Zu, Tekton, Volti, Klipsch, Fleetwood?

Not for Tekton bashing as I believe they make a pretty good inexpensive speaker.  I owned a pair of the Perfect-SET speakers.  They may have not been quite as efficient as advertised, however they were efficient and sounded pretty darn good over-all.  $-for-$, they are tough to beat.  I sold them as there was an obvious dip in the upper mid-range frequencies, which in comparison to my Living-Voice OBX-RW's was brought out however those speakers were $12K+ when new 11 years ago.  All in all, if I hadn't had the L-V speakers, I may have not noticed the mid-range dip in the Perfect-SET Tektons.  They had great bass and were noticeably more-efficient than my L-V's...  Great speakers for rock & roll ! 

By the way, I also had several pairs of ZU speakers and none of them I believe were rated very accurately in terms of actual efficiency, especially the Soul-Superfly version I had.  Was actually tougher to drive than the Druids...  

John

Jim Salk is renowned for his cabinetry, but there are not that many speakers in his line that are all that sensitive. Still, a few are 90-92db, and they are beautiful.

FYI, Salk has home trial. Daedalus, I think, does not.

Lines are limited but take a look:

92 db https://www.salksound.com/series.php?series=Exotica
90 db https://www.salksound.com/model.php?model=BePure%202

I have been corresponding with him in the hopes he might develop some higher sensitivity speakers. His concern is with distortion. I personally would wish he'd make a speaker that rolls off a bit higher -- 45-50 hz -- that is easy to drive and could be paired with an active sub.

 JBL K2 9900 are what you want.

 93 dB efficiency, +/- 1 db from 70 - 20kHz, less than 1% distortion at 96db across the audible sound spectrum and 500 watt power handling.

I agree with Robshaw, I have the Tekton DI monitors paired with an RSL Speedwoofer driven by a Peachtree Nova 300 and it is audio Nirvana IMHO. Been in audio for close to 50yrs and did pro-audio live sound for 5yrs and this system will be around until I can afford a $25k system. Even then I don't know if it can be beat.

Klipsch are good. Volti is good.  All brands mentioned are good.  I personally have Crites, same size as cornwall. I think better parts in crossover. These are very efficient, approx 100dB. Can get upgraded ALK crossover if you prefer. They would be about 2800 delivered with ALK. They do come unfinished.