Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp...

Hi Rebbi,
Unless there's some unknown sonic penalty I'd choose the larger more efficient Lore just you and Mapman. Reading various reviews people are genuinely impressed by its sound quality, no easy feat at that price point. I seems to be much more than a budget speaker that can play rock at high SPL. It's said to do justice for jazz and classical in terms of tonality, nuance and sophistication, now that is encouraging. Very curious to read your thoughts once you've heard Sebrof's Tekton. I hope it all works out for you.

If it were me, I'd also go for the higher efficiency Lore. IF I was changing speakers.

Rebbi,
What you say about snickering on Parts Connection is what bugs me about the so-called audiophile community. What they ridicule can be said for 85% of their own equipment that they purchase. If they can do it so well why don't they have the guts to manufacture and give a quality design at an Everyman price point? Let's operate in the cliche way, step on someone's throat to elevate one's self. They have no understanding of the difficulties being a small business. They may claim too, but don't actually.

Personally, I've owned a reasonable amount of expensive audio equipment.
From my experience the Tekton performs in a stellar manner. YMMV. As cliches go, every model punches way above it's weight. Did you actually read Tim Smith's review in 6 moons or Wall of Sound, Positive Feedback, Stereomojo, Enjoy the Music, Part-Time Audiophile and other publications? Are their writers honorable and truthful, or the opposite? Why has this speaker bran garnered so many recent rewards and rave reviews? The owner of Tekton certainly isn't spending big ad bucks in Stereophile or The Absolute Sound. No, the reason that Tekton has gotten some attention is they happen to be musical and do the audiophile stuff in a splendid
manner at a reasonable cost.

Some folks appreciate what it takes to accomplish that while twits snicker. I say hooray for people like Israel Blume and Eric Akexander who have provided the audiophile or anyone interested in music with quality products to exploit the music.

Instead of snarky snickers people like Blume and Alexander ought to get cheers. And they are by word-of-mouth, getting awards from quality writers and their publications.

I would also like to add that I would get the Lore. Also, I hope Sebrof has the Lore, not just the Katz Meow model. Apples to Apples would be best.

While I think the Tekton stuff should certainly be on your list, just be aware that their efficiency ratings are (like the DeCapos) probably a little optimistic. I've noticed that their ratings match the ratings of what the manufacturers of the pro drivers they use state which is fine, but Tekton is running their pro drivers behind a crossover and a tweeter that isn't as efficient as the main driver which in turn might be padded down a little. If someone formally tested the Tektons, I'd bet they'd be plenty efficient, but not as high as they are advertised.

This is probably why Tekton tends to like to recommend higher powered amps....or perhaps, he just likes to listen really loud! :-) Regardless, they certainly have to be more efficient than those DeCapos.

I'm hoping you pick some up, I'd be interested in hearing how they match up to the amps.