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Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time"

Just got in house for review for hometheaterreview.com Tekton Design’s new, The Perfect SET, which is close to 100dB efficient and never dips below 8 ohms, which Eric built to be used with SET "flea watt" amplifiers. It is a front ported design using a 12 inch woofer and his patented array of small transducers that function as a midrange driver with a single tweeter in the middle. I set them up in a system with a great 2A3 SET amplifier and found them so superlative I did not stop listening for over five hours! Taking about "goosebump time" the music was so beautiful that
I lost track of time.

These speakers have all the virtues of the other Tekton speakers, speed, utter transparency/micro-details, great soundstaging, and that special "aliveness" that I experience when I listen to my Ulf’s. What really amazed me was what the Perfect SET was delivering on the bottom end frequencies, subterrainian/taut powerful bass, that was shaking the room, all coming from at most 2.5 to 3 watts.

If you love SET amplifiers this speaker is a match made in heaven, and remember this pair just arrived and is not totally burnt in yet.

teajay
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mapman
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If someone were to do a SET friendly speaker shootout and include the Tekton offering,  that would be interesting reading for me.

Would like to read about a variety of SET friendly speakers and include several possible low cost/high value options.


wolf_garcia
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Klipsch Heresy IIIs. I had considered Tektons before buying the Heresys, but they just look weird to me and I had no way to hear them...the Heresys look great for my tastes ("ebony" Capitol version, which seem sort of dark purple, black grills), and I attach the grills when not seriously listening. Heresys are a bargain in my book, and sound beautiful.
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mapman
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As I recall, Heresy III is efficient and tube amp friendly in general but also I recall reading still not the easy load one would seek out ideally for a flea powered SET amp that must not be driven hard to sound its best.
jhajeski
119 posts
 
Here we go again...<sigh>

Why must we again and again and again...
jhajeski
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@teajay 

However, the speakers that I have reviewed based on Eric's breakthrough technology


What professional reviewer even talks like this?    Based on "Eric's" "breakthrough" technology??   Cmon...
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