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.
128x128clarinetmonster2
James the Alnico HO omega, are more dynamic than my rs8, vocal to die for, Markr has them, He uses coincident Frankenstein mono, and Backert 1.2 preamp.I will bring my monitor impact to Markr house whenever he is available, He like my Tekton when he came to my house to listen....
Post removed 
ooop ya got me.
U never did respond to any of my comments in the past. You just ignore logic and change the subject. 

After my Tekton review a few weeks back over on the main thread, many have asked me to let them know what I moved on to . I finally made my choice. To be honest, Sue made the choice. I just wrote the check .. We decided on a pair of Legacy Focus SE’s. Dark cherry in color. Their about the same size as the DI ’s, but about 70 lbs heavier. They have the ribbon tweeters that I have become very fond of, and the large 12 inch Woofers . They are very airy and have sizzle . The sizzle kind of has some weight to it. I really like them. I better, they cost me as much as a pretty nice car ! LOL .

After sending back the Tektons, we looked at Focal’s ,Golden Ears, Paradigm, and B&W’s. We liked the Legacy’s the best, and the fact that they were made in America sealed the deal. I also had a pretty lengthy e-mail conversation with Jim Salk. What a neat man. He got pretty deep into the theory’s of the 2 different "sides" of speaker design. Cutting edge accuracy, or highly efficient high volume types. He was very interesting and educational. If these Legacy’s had not worked out, I probably would have tried a set of his .. Thanks for all the advice guys . I was actually pointed to the Legacy’s by someone on here..

Very cool. Glad you are loving the Legacy's. They are one of the few brands I have still never heard that I really want to hear.