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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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Hey wolf, yes I have no doubt they are way better than the average bear with even lower power tubes amps, maybe the best choice out there at their price point even, but being the technical stickler I am, I’d like to see some measurements of impedance and such at various frequencies like they do in a standard Stereophile review before saying they are optimal for that. Same with Tekton or others. Otherwise they could go plenty loud but perhaps not have proper tonal balance, make the amp clip sooner, etc.

Daedalus for example is one line whose speakers have been measured and proven to be an easy load to drive for most any amp, though not as efficient as Heresy. Much pricier though!

Fritz speakers is another.  His latest Carerra monitors are not efficient at all, but have been shown to measure as an  easy load to drive, and I heard the splendid results myself off a flea power tube headphone amp at capital Audiofest last  year as proof.   Could not believe my ears!






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twoleftears
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The smaller the company and the more "new models" they crank out in short order, the more you've got to question how much of a "technological breakthrough" each one of them actually represents, however much of an audio genius the sole owner/designer/manufacturer happens to be.
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mapman
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many models might leverage teh same "breakthrough".  Not so hard to imagine.
mikirob
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First, thank you teajay for your post alerting us on the Perfect.

Second, I have owned three different Tekton speakers, a mini monitor single driver, the Lores, plus Mini Lores. All were very good speakers that punched way beyond their price points. I have owned excellent expensive speakers as well as moderate priced speakers; both monitors and floor standers. I currently have DeVore 0/96 as well as Harbeth 5 SHL.

My amps and preamps have also been numerous and variety of types: Cary 280, Threshold, Forte 4, Pass, RM10, Golden Tube SE 40, plus Golden Tube 300B mono blocks that Salvatore holds in high esteem, Prima Luna, and much, much, more going way back...my current amps include: Leben CS600, Cary's 300B (older version, Dennis Had era) Coincident Dynamo, vintage Eico.

Due to teajay posts here I bought a MicrZOTL 2. His review spot on; honest reporting. I say again teajay, thanks for the heads up on the Tekton Perfect which I am seriously considering purchasing. Perhaps “Perfect” for my SET proclivities.

And finally, Eric Alexander treated me in a timely professional manner. Best mikirob 



audition__audio
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You dont have to be a technical stud to understand why these speakers should sound wrong. Approach these designs with a greater than normal degree of caution. 
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