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Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions

I am the very happy owner of the first pair of New Tekton Design Encores and I thought I would create this thread to answer any questions anyone might have regarding the Encore speakers, room considerations, and associated equipment. If you’ve order your pair already, please chime in. I really want to hear what other people’s experience are with these unbelievable speakers.

I drive my Encores with both an Art Audio Diavolo SET 300b Tube Amplifier with 8wpc and I switch in my 700w Nord One-Up SE Monoblocks for non-critical listening and some big pieces of music that benefit from the extra power.



  • Made under U.S. Patent 9247339 with multiple new patents pending
  • Proprietary loudspeaker design
  • Ultra-linear frequency response with ±.5dB deviation from 70Hz-20kHz
  • One single crossover element placed within the tweeter path
  • Ultra-linear, entirely time-invariant minimum-phase mid-range section
  • Proprietary patent pending 15 dome radiating hybrid MTM high frequency array
  • Two 6.5" mid-bass patented ’overtone & harmonic’ transducers
  • Dual 11" low-frequency transducers
  • ​96dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity
  • 4 Ohm design for optimum performance
  • 20Hz-30kHz frequency response​
  • Dimensions Width 13.25" x Depth 15.25" x Height 62"
  • 800 Watt power handling
  • Weight 175 lbs​
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stephenurquhart
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So $1,000 extra for high gloss and how much extra for a custom color?  Do you know what any of the colors look like without the high gloss?  Would they be like a flat finish?Thanks,Steve
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jcarcopo OP
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@stephenurquhart there's no charge to pick any color you want. The high gloss is the up charge.  I've owned both double impacts in a flat finish and Encores in high gloss.  High gloss is worth it to me. 
smodtactical
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@jcarcopo can you mention other speakers you've heard that the encore compares favorably to? I really appreciate your insights but comparisons with actual models makes things very concrete to me.

Thanks!
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jcarcopo OP
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@smodtactical - In no particular order:

JBL Everestx4 Stacked - (Excellent sounding system a friend owns, but I can’t afford even a pair though, and way too big for my room)

JBL K2 - (Excellent sounding system, my friend owns, but I can’t afford them either and too big)

Klipsch RF-7II (Horns that have a distinct/harsh rising upper midrange to highs, very hard to eq out)

Vonschweikert VR10, VR5, VR2, VR4JR (Back in the day they were great and very holographic, hard to drive with SET amplifiers)

Dali Helicon & Euphonia (Not forward sounding, way too relaxed, soft, and hard to drive with SET amplifiers)

Analysis Audio Omega Ribbon/Planar Magnetics (Hard to place, too big, hard to drive, and they sounding pretty good on some music)

Meadowlark (Nice sounding transmission lined speakers, no where near the dynamics of the Encores, inefficient design)

Cabasse (Yuk, horrible, NO!)

Legacy (Lovely sounding, just not on my radar anymore)

Orangutans (Very beautiful speakers, Lacking in the midrange and dynamics for me, although a nice higher efficiency design 96db, overpriced though IMHO)

B&W (Too harsh, beamy highs, fatiguing, and incoherent sounding- Maybe with McIntosh gear and the treble turned down.)

Vandersteen 2C & 3A (Nice background speaker, elevator music speaker, unoffensive, but not very dynamic)

Harbeth 40.1 (Beautiful sounding speaker, hard to drive with low wattage tube amps)

ZU Droids (No way would I own them, they are the worst measuring and sounding speaker on planet earth)


  There are many more that I’ve Auditioned, used to sell, or owned, but they aren’t very memorable.





pro-audio
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Hi everyone, mint condition Encores for sale for anyone interested.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9ff76-tekton-design-encore-full-range
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