Tekton room at the Los Angles Audio Show.

@grannyring : And I agree with you as well. And your points are spot on.
However, many manufacturers, and distributors and dealers who do have experience setting up gear and have a significant stake in making sure their products sound good, have very mixed results in terms of how they 'get rated' sound quality wise.

If a speaker sounds good in your system; If a speaker sounds good at your friend's home; If it sounds good in a dealer setup; And if it sounds bad in a hotel room; Does that make it a bad speaker. I'm saying it does not. And I'm also saying that its a mistake to make comparative decisions based on listening sessions at a show.

That doesn't mean you are not going to be happy with that choice. As you say the Acoustic Zen Crescendos were a terrific choice for you.

But would you have purchased them if they didn't sound good at both shows?

To me, they are a very good speaker irrespective of their performance at shows.

@david_ten 

We agree on all points.  Hope Tektron has indeed made a heroic effort at this show. That is all one can expect. 

david_ten

In my original post I did say

"In a dedicated Tekton room with different components, they would probably sound great. I just couldn't get past the way they sounded in that room."

I do think the Tektons are good speakers based on the feedback from quite a number of people in various threads, including yourself. Ironically, if I hadn't heard them at LAAS,  I may have ordered them without listening to them first. 

As it is, on Monday after the show, I ordered the Spatial Hologram M3 Turbo S and am anxiously awaiting delivery.   

Nick

Nick, PM me when you get them in and they have settled-in. I'm really curious about your impressions. For me, it was between Spatial and Pure Audio Project Trio15 Voxativ.  

I will reach out when I have everything set up.  Probably 3 weeks.