Zu Omen or Tekton Lore

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...

Gpowered

What else did he say about the new model compared to the Lore , sound wise , drivers, etc...

He said it is absolutely "stupid good" for the money, but Lore is still Supreme. However, as a guy that moved from the $1K Lore to $2,500 Pendragon, I would say that these two models are going to be extremely close... based on the fact that atleast in principle, Lore and P'dragon are also similar. The fact is, this guy builds world class stuff for the money, period!

The cost difference is likely the Vifa vs. Audax tweeter. The Audax tweeters are more expensive. But still some may prefer the Vifa tweeter. If you do a search on Eminence, you should be able to basically figure out the driver he's using...

The woofer in the Pendragon looks like an Eminence Legend BP-02, although Eric may be using a different spec driver than what we would buy off the shelf. And with that in mind, the driver in Oriel "looks like" one of the Delta series drivers. The point to remember with these two designs (Lore v Oriel), but NOT speaking for Eric here... is that the Lore driver has a whizzer and therefore it is going to hand off to the tweeter higher up (around 3Khz I believe), where as with the Oriel, I would assume that it is going to hand off to the tweeter quite a bit lower than that. Still, Eric is all about simpliciy so I would assume that in both of the these, execution is well done. Hope this helps...

My Lores arrived today. These are my second pair. With 95% of the music I listen to the Lores were fantastic. I got greedy and wanted the extra 5% so I upgraded to the Pendragons. To make a long story short, the Pendragons didn't work out for me. I tried everything I could think of but I just couldn't get them to sound right. They were overpowering the room and the bass was a little muddy. I think some vintage amps prefer an 8 ohm load as opposed to the Pendragons 4 ohm load. I was thinking of trying a more modern tube amp, but I am committed to the Scott and I still had the room to deal with and I didn't want to spend any more money. I sure with a more modern amp and an appropriate size room the Pendragons would sound excellent. I just finished listening to Joni Mitchell's "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" and it never sounded better. I think the Lores are a perfect match for my room and amp. All is well again. I learned a very expensive lesson. The Lore is one hell of a speaker.