Tekton or Klipsch

I agree but unfortunately that is generally easier said than done. Often I find myself having to drive well out of town if not out of state when I have a specific speaker or audio item I want to listen to.

Megido the ps tekton can play every music , they rock , very versatile, they are live sounding as well.

I'm sure that you could possibly be happy with either, but they will be different, so you need to at least hear an example of each if not the exact model to see what tickles you.

I'm hoping to hear the fortes tomorrow but the tekton's will be tricky. I don't suppose anyone in Ohio has a pair of Double Impacts they would be willing to demo?

I've heard the tektons.  For the money and size of speaker with the amount of drivers, it's a really good deal.  However, it's not the highest resolution speaker and the high frequencies are definitely not as extended as other speakers.  It's a more conventional sounding speaker when compared to the Klipsh, with it's live sounding horn.  It's a matter of personal taste here I think.  The Klipsh is very "live" and lively, but even though the Tekton are not high resolution, I actually think they have more high frequency resolution than the Klipsch horns.

If you do buy the Tekton, I would advise getting the 8 ohm version.  These speakers are extremely efficient (98db), which present a whole slew of other problems, such as preamp gain.  The preamp's have to be turned down very low and many audio/gain stages just do not sound as good unless they are driven up to certain voltage levels.