Which Budget Speakers, Tekton or Omega?

Heresy IIIs will fool you into thinking they’re not fat boxes with horns sitting on the floor if the rest of your rig is well sorted.

Hi Glenn,
Thanks for providing the very interesting comparison of the Living Voice and Audio Note speakers as heard in your own system. I find it intriguing that  the LV is voiced using the esteemed Kondo components. That’s quite a litmus test for a speaker in such a reasonable price range.

Glenn I’ve heard the Tekton Double Impact and it is a very good sounding speaker. I have not heard the LV but it universally receives high praise. I’m very enthusiastic regarding  high quality easy to drive efficient speakers and good low power amplifiers. It good to know that the LV Avatar is easily driven by your 8 watt 300b SET amplifier.

Another quite interesting candidate in this category is the Canadian made (Toronto) Coherent Audio speakers. These are reputed to be excellent sounding and very easy to drive with lower power amplifiers. This particular niche in High End audio offers much in the way of exceptional musicality and very natural sound quality.
Charles

I'd second the Rethm recommendation.  I picked up a pair of used Trishnas for $2,750 on Audiogon, running them on 3.5 watts (2A3 Triode Labs).  And, I'm doing the most taboo of things, using the high pass crossover on my JL E112 sub (so, pre-out to E112 to 2A3 amp).  I'm using these in a 20x30 room and they don't get lost.  I got them for my office, moved and the new office doesn't accomodate them, so they're in the living room.  Shockingly good speakers.  

Hello Glenn,
I owned the OBX-RW (mkll) and drove it with a 8 WPC Border Patrol amplifier. It was very nice but Kevin Scott the inventor of the 25 year old plus design recommends 20 WPC at a minimum. Gary Dews of BP, the US Distributor, drives them with either an 18 WPC SET or 20 WPC PP amplifier he designs. Speaker load ratings are deceiving depending on many factors.
Later I drove them with a 45 WPC Jadis SET amplifier and it literally woke the speaker up with much better control and extension.
They are a wonderfully refined musical speaker......a listen to for hours-years speaker but doubt they are for rock and roll but I never tried it.
Set up out into the room they also image wonderfully. Small to medium sized rooms work best for them. My room was 15 X 20 and they breathed fine.
I only sold mine because I desired a fuller range speaker since they were limited in bass to 35 HZ. Otherwise, with proper amplification, and I don't think 8 WPC is doing them justice, they are voiced beautifully. If I were a two speaker in the house lover this one would have been it.
The OBX-RW is now in Mk. lll revision with some cabinet and crossover modifications. No idea on them but Gary Dews knows the speaker well and would be able to confirm the sound and changes if this is the model you desire but understand the auditorium line has several models.
Gwalt

Hi Glenn,
Insightful comments from Gwalt as usual.  Have you tried a higher power amplifier with your LV and was it an improvement? I realize that room size, listening level and music genre are relevant factors to consider. 
Charles