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Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to?

I owned the Tekton Lore Reference for about a year and a half and they were great for the price. I ran them with a 50w tube integrated and it was a nice combo. For $750 I had no complaints except perhaps that the paint was cracking on one of the rounded corners. I ended up buying a pair of Gallo CL-2 for an office system on closeout direct from Gallo for $390/pair. After they were broken in I found myself listening to them more than the Tektons after awhile. I was getting addicted to the CDT tweeter.

Based on that experience I ordered the CL-3 refurbished for $650/pair shipped (crazy steal) and they were on a different level than both of the above. Sonically, one defining moment for me was listening to Joni Mitchell, Both Sides Now. (I think the Track was You’re My Thrill. )
During the intro there is a brief flute soli. With the Tektons it sounded like a really nice flute section that was very homogenous sounding and blended. With the Gallos I could hear each individual flute player and their unique tones and vibrato. The bass was also deeper and tighter on the gallos and the imaging was just amazingly holographic and wide and deep.

I know the timing of this is interesting as the Tekton hype train seems to be at full tilt right now with some of his higher models and I am curious to hear them. The 2 things that would give me serious pause and keep me from moving up the Tekton line are 1) the size and aesthetics 2) The very much "in your face" house sound that can get tiring to me.  Just wondering what others have moved on to from Tekton and what they heard that moved them in that direction.
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lpretiring
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Quite a bit of bitter Eric bashing going on with many naysayers never having heard any of his products.

IMHO, he has created a product line that offers high end performance at relative modest costs, with the ability to judge for 2 months in your own home for the risk of return shipping. Some people have a problem with that? I give him credit for it.

Based on my first hand experience, his ability to deliver speakers in a timely manner has evolved from poor to professional.

Quality control I will get to judge again in about a week when my D.I.'s arrive. You see Eric allowed me to swap out my Electrons at the end of my 2 month trial for the simple reason that the SE amp I purchased at 7 watts is short on power for the Electrons in my opinion. Here then is 1 vote for customer service progressing in the right direction.

   LP

213runnin
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James, I simply said that I didn't like the looks of the Tektons.  I also noticed that the company wouldn't reveal the frequency responses of their models but I found one reviewed model that had been reviewed and measured.  It's frequency response had a range of 12db and I shared that.  I might have made another observation or two, I can't recall at this point.

What fanboys like you couldn't get through your heads was that one does not need to own or audition a speaker to tell what a certain spec is or whether YOU LIKE THE LOOKS OR NOT.  But it cracks me up that after all the attacking and whining you got rid of them.   You claim you still love them, but decided to sell them.  Sure.

You and a few fan boys repeatedly attacked me personally for making these simple observations.  That you still refuse to acknowledge that a person can not like the looks of a speaker without buying it tells me all I need to know about you.  

I hear that the Sonus Faber Fenice speakers have that last little bit of detail you're looking for, why don't you buy them and report back your findings.  They're only $180,000.
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jayctoy
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