Zu Omen or Tekton Lore

It is not the Pendragon tweeter. I have the dragon and it has SB Acoustics Ring Radiator tweeters. The tweeter in the Oriel is a high efficiency soft dome Vifa tweeter. Knowing Eric it is likely very detailed and smooth. It looks similar to what is in the mini-Lore but not certain it is.

The Oriel looks to be like a mini-lore on steroids - since it is 98db and be driven with very low watts. I would also wonder if it has a slightly better bottom end then Lore, since the Eminence driver he selected does not have a whizzer and therefore is not going to play as high in frequency... with that trade off it may roll off differently on the low end??

I know the jump from the lore to pendragon in bass is gigantic... and this woofer seems closer to what I have in the Pens. I am betting this Oriel is equal to Lore but with different trade offs.

I believe it's supposed to fill virtually all of the Lores benefits at a lower price. I don't think the Lore is going to go on sale again. That is what Eric seemed to allude when I spoke to him.

I would be interested if it indeed did have a little lower extension. I have not heard the speaker yet though. I hope to in the next few weeks. Perhaps when I get a day off I'll make the drive.

Eric emailed me a few days ago and knows I like doing videos and stuff as a hobby, and I said sure it would be fun to make one.

Anyways that is all know :)

I think its just a larger version of the M-Lore . The M Lore got a great review so this might not be too bad after all

Oriel looks more like a replacement for the Lore. $850 "introductory pricing" is reminiscent of the Lore intro pricing. Bits and bobs are all very similar to the Lore (or so it seems). Might be a revision?

Socrates7 - I spoke to Eric about this, and it is not a replacement for the Lore. It is simply a new model that is set to bridge the gap between Mini Lore and Lore. He had received many requests about a less expensive, full size Lore model. So I wouldn't expect the Lore to ever sell under a grand again unless it is B stock. Truth be told, all of these are going to be competition killers in at the price.

I am listening to my pendragons now fully broken in and they are simply the best speaker I have ever heard, especially with the live recordings (I know I have said this allot). The upgraditis has completely been squashed, though I owe that more to my walk with the Lord, but still... the Pens are a big time speaker no doubt. Expect great things from Eric the guy was the first in about 15 speakers I had to finally satisfy ... I can now only ask... where am I to go from here ?? Surely spending more wouldn't make any sense at all.

I say buy the one you can afford and don't look back...