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From reviewer Tim Smith: So what do the M-Lores sound like? They don’t really have a distinct signature. They are more or less neutral. Seamless and well balanced. They can sound relaxed. They can sound energetic. They can sound warm if the source material is warm. The M-Lores image wonderfully. Given their low height, I thought I might elevate them on paving stones. There was no need. The sweet spot is large, left to right and vertically too. Room placement is not difficult. I have mine six to eight feet from rear walls and the bass output is prodigious, even with tube amps. The sound was just as good when they were closer to the walls.

The M-Lores are detailed without being bright. They are fast: the opening of the second movement of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G will jolt you out of your seat! Holy dynamic swings, Batman! And speaking of one notorious bat man, Calvin Broadus’ driving backbeat will glue you to your seat. This amp loves rap and reggae. Peter Tosh’s “Mystic Man” is electrifying through these speakers. From the sublime to the ridiculous, the M-Lores can do it all. They can capture Louis Lortie’s hypnotic reading of Debussy; they can bang out with Snoop D. O. Double G. Sorry, Snoop Lion.

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Refering back to my earlier post... Grannyring tried 3 different 300B amps with his Coincident speakers without success . Charles , with a Coincident 300B amp , loves his Coincident speakers .
Others have found a good match using Audio Note amps with Audio Note speakers .

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More from Tim Smith: These small speakers are a bass-head’s dream. They are fast and rhythmic. Even with a single-ended tube amp putting out 5 watts, they have floor-rattling bass. They handle Steve Swallow’s electric bass with aplomb; Brian Ritchie’s bass on “Please Do Not Go” (Violent Femmes, self-titled LP, Slash Records) has never sounded so taut, so dry, so textured, so nuanced, so visceral. I listened through the Audio Research LS17 and Wyred4Sound SX-1000 monos. It was breathtaking, among the very best recorded sound I have heard–anywhere, anytime. I had the same reaction when I listened to The Jimmy Giuffre 4′s LP “Quasar.” This is an eclectic, electric, spacy, funkadelic jazz recording that has languished in obscurity for too long. It deserves to be seen on par with Herbie Hancock’s classics “Mwandishi” and “Sextant.”

And just a little more from Tim Smith: The M-Lores are so good, I almost sold my Harbeth Compact 7s. The 7s, including their dedicated Skylan stands, cost more than four times as much as the M-Lores. In some ways (bass, the ability to play loud, dynamic swings), the M-Lores are better; in most ways, it’s a tie. For a good month after receiving my Lores, I was under the spell of Tektonite for many a night, and my Harbeths stood lonely in the corner of my man cave. I keep the Harbeths because they nail vocals and the sweet tone of a guitar like no other speaker I know.

Three cheers for Tekton Design for bringing a slice of the high end within reach of the majority of the population. As other reviewers have noted, the cost of the parts that go into this speaker, were they purchased straight off the shelf, would total over one-half the retail price. Not only are you avoiding lining the pockets of middlemen when you buy straight from Tekton Design; you are not being fleeced by the owner/designer either. These are fair prices. There cannot be much mark-up here. For this reason, and due to its addictive musicality, the M-Lore is surely one of the best buys in audio. Highly recommended.

Yeah, me too, agree completely! Take the sixty (60) day trial. M-Lore.