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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Good grief James, you really need to get a life.

You start a thread on canuckaudiomart about Tekton, and in short order start praising the Double Impacts, which you freely admit cost you $4900 Canadian dollars. You say:

They are an absolute steal for what I paid.
and

They continue to be one of the best things I have heard in 20+ years of the hobby.

You also casually mention that you’ve owned more $5000+ speakers than you care to mention, which is an interesting boast. Anyway, in that thread others start buying Tektons and some having horrible customer service and experiences. Meanwhile, you do your usual thing and grow tired of the Tektons and start praising Tyler Acoustics which you buy, no doubt spending over $5000 again.

So you lead many people to buy Tektons at your recommendation and then sell them and move on to something else. How many times have you done this, James? What kind of person continually moves from $5000 speaker to speaker, sucking in others to buy as well, and some reporting awful experiences BTW.

Perusing your posts, I notice you posted in the "Best pair of speakers you’ve owned" thread in Canuckaudiomart. You didn’t mention the Tekton DI, James, which you misled several people to buy, why is that? Instead you mention Marten Miles 5. Hopefully the people you sucked into buying Tektons aren’t reading your posts to see how you flit from speaker to speaker, and realize you’re like a used car salesman.

Which is why I suggest you need to get a life. And, no thanks, I don’t need to spend time with you comparing speakers there up in Vernon BC. I’ve no interest in taking advice from someone whose advice changes from month to month.

Or thinks it’s in good taste to post a picture of an Afro American man tapping his head, with the caption, " Can’t snort coke through a rolled up bit coin!" That’s racist and disgusting, James.(I’d copy and post it here so others can see the real you, but I’m sure the racist tone would be against the rules) I can’t believe you posted that, but it’s a perfect illustration of your strange behaviour. Posing as a high minded audiophile "rebuking" me on one hand, and then posting some bigoted picture in canuckaudiomart.

Tell you what, brother, I'm done with you.  I wish this forum had the ignore function, but I expect I can do alright ignoring you without it.
Again with the nonsensical and personal attacks. You literally have nothing and can’t stick to facts. It’s pretty obvious here who "needs to get a life". More childish knee-jerk reactions on your part.

DI’s still continue to be one of the best things I’ve heard and an absolute steal for the price. Nothing has changed there nor have I said anything to contradict my statements. Only your twisted realty makes it anything different.

No one is being "sucked in" and every hobbyist I know has a mind of their own. I’ve been buying and evaluating gear for more years than I can recall so playing it off as a negative doesn’t work with me. This experience has been invaluable working in the industry. My current speakers are the best I’ve heard in room and Marten Miles 5 are the best I’ve had for the size so of course I’ll share that info on a thread. I also think DI’s are the best for the price but why echo what I already said in the Tekton thread. Speaking negatively about products I like is a really great used car salesman pitch, nice logic.

If posting a meme of Kayode Ewumi as his MC Roll Safe character comes off as racist and bigoted you are really out of touch. If you just see that as an African American (he is Anglo-Nigerian BTW) and not a popular comedy character known for ridiculous comments that is very concerning, colour has nothing to do with it. You might as well start getting upset at Micheal Scott memes, maybe he is a white supremacist? Yet another facepalm moment. Hopefully you really are done with me. It would be nice to have troll free discussions.

+1 MDF 

As for Zu Audio & Tekton etc and hype over the du jour latest and greatest “reinvention of the loudspeaker”. Today’s hype is quickly forgotten and becomes yesterdays fad. Only a few speakers become multi-decade classics and the rest in as little as 10 years will become long forgotten curiosities...


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Hahaha. 213. 
If anyone needs to get a life it’s you. Been trolling every Tekton forum you can for months and months. You seem to care an awful lot about them for some weird reason. Yes, most speakers are made with mdf cabinets, and yes you continually bash a product you have never heard. You keep talking about cheap drivers and measurements. The tweeters in the Rainmakers cost all of $40 each and there are 1 in each speaker. The mid woofer is another $50 driver. Guess what there are around 14-1,500 in drivers in the DIs. By those, make a cabinet, crossover, shipping, pay taxes and see how much profit is left at $3k.
Back to the Rainmakers. I hate pickin on them but they are caught in the crossfire. They measure way worse than the average Speaker. Way worse in fact than the Enzo Speaker you keep confusing with the DIs. Not saying they don’t sound ok just that it’s a fact they measure poorly. You can kind of see the irony right? Nah probably not. 
I also really want to hear about your vast experience with modifying and “tinkering” with 20k speakers. Blow our minds with your wisdom dude! 
When people post back at your ridiculous comments you complain to the moderator and have them removed. I know you do and many of mine have been taken down. Some were pretty damn funny too!