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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Currently my trusty John Hillig Musical designs hybrid...awaiting a PS Audio BHK 250. Hoping to also grab a Lyngdorf 3400 when I fill the audio coffers.
Modern day Vandies,very nice and I hope they bring you many yrs of musical bliss.

Richard is definitely a long term highly respected speaker designer and builder for many yrs.Can’t go wrong with those.

Kenny.

Schw06,
If I remember correctly,
Your pair of DI’s are one of 3 pairs that folks have bought that included the “Upgraded Crossovers” and the purchased price at the time of sale reflected this.
But after receiving the speakers we quickly learned they were built with some of the cheapest parts around,Dayton audio Wow,most certainly not the so called better upgraded parts that were purchased.Totally unfathomable in my book.

Now another very confusing and disappointing aspect of this design is the continue designers tweaking and changing of crossover parts quality,specs,and designing “Band Aid” fixes to address some of the overall shortcomings in sonics that this speaker has.

Most reputable manufacturers that I can think of usually have their designs pretty well squared away before releasing to sale.

The pair I owned would be about 1 yr old now,if I still had them,and over this period of time I learned from several members via pm’s that their crossover Implementations vary in overall parts specs and quality vs the pair I had.

Basically like a continuing “Work In Progress” or WIP speaker at the owners expense,nobody knows exactly what version you may have.

Kenny.