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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Granny, that's nonsense.  How many Wilson, Focal, B&W, Magico, etc., have you "modified"?  I"m sure the first thing an owner of $30,000 speakers does is look you up for modifications.  

And these expensive speakers sure don't have the cheap MDF in a super boring design with silly color options.   
Bill, fools rush in where angels fear to tread. : )

As always, grateful for your wisdom and knowledge.
@david ten.   LOL! 

@213runnin. I don’t care to argue on Tekton and that was not my point. Yes, I have indeed worked on speakers costing up to $22,000. Many. Yes they do use MDF, yes they do use $10 caps and $ .25 sand cast resistors. Highly reviewed ones winning all kinds of accolades. It is quite a revelation learning from actual experience and I suggest that for you sir. Go ahead and look inside some expensive speakers and learn. They still sound great, but can be improved.

Yes some use other materials and higher quality parts. You mentioned a couple.
Even the expensive B&W 800 series use a $20 cap on the all important mids. The bottom of the line film cap from Mundorf. The standard MCap. This is the cost of a 50uf (large value) cap to mere consumers like you and I. A smaller value Mcap costs $10. The builder pays far less. These are average quality at best. The same quality level of caps found in Tekton.  Tekton uses Clarity PX.