Zu Omen or Tekton Lore

Thanks to all who have increased my confidence in throwing my next hard earned dollars Eric's way. Yeah I spoke to him recently about the Model 81en with the Fostex FE206en driver. I just sold my Sierra-1 here and I was looking to replace with another monitor. Just sick of the crossover designs and that's what lead me to Eric. I agree though he seems like a good guy and it's frankly refreshing to know that so many of you are getting a realistic performance return for your dollar. I'll just have to decide whether to go with the 81en ($475) or Lore ($850). My room is about 12x15x8. The Sierra's were plenty for a room this size but the Lore's are quite tempting.

Gpowered - since you've owned so many speakers I'll ask you. Do the Lore's super-tweeter call attention to itself? How would you characterize the overall temperature of the speakers's overall tone? I really wanted a pure full range speaker. I'm assuming there's no x-over on the 10" and just some sort of filter on the super-tweeter? How well do the two elements complement each other? BTW, to all concerned about lack of professional reviews, I too prefer this type of real consumer feedback to make my purchasing decisions. Glad I found this post on the Lore!!

Everything you guys (Zman, Gpowered) are saying about the Lore I am saying about the Omen. I'm driving them with a DIY 2A3 SE amp and they are absolutely fantastic. It took me a while to get them set up properly, specifically playing with speaker to floor gap since they are bottom porting. But once I found the sweet spot I've been very happy. It was much harder to get my Omens sounding good than my Tektons (not Lore)
At $850 for the Lore and $1,000 for the Omen I'd say it's a toss up - Save $150 with the Lore or get a better looking product with the Omen. But now that Zu has raised to $1,500 I'd say that most would get better value from the Lore. As a Tekton owner (Katz) I can vouch for Eric's craftsmanship and great sound, he knows what he's doing. Same with Zu.
It's good to see the passion from 2 small shops, hand building their stuff and delivering such value. Very nice.

Hi Sukihocck - a major advantage of the Lore is its ability to run full range from the Eminence driver. The tweeter never calls attention to itself. I cannot distinquish the mids from the treble like most conventional speakers - it is truly seamless in that regard. Yes, the Audax tweeter only handles 3Khz and up so this is basically a x-overless design.

As far as the temperature/tone... that will depend entirely on your front end. The Lore is extremely transparent. But I am surely tube biased. You can read my previous comments to have an idea of what it sounds like with single ended and Quicksilver amps. Driven with a good front end and source, there are really no flaws to mention. The Quicksilver combination is perfec IMO.

Sebrof - good to hear you are happy with the Omens. I have heard mixed comments about them. I can understand you going that route since you own a pair of Tektons already. But as far as looks, I disagree on that! The Lore is a much better looking speaker IMO and easier to set up with port in the front. The Omens would surely have to be lifted. Eric is also more flexible in terms of customizing the product. He is all about voice of the customer. I handpicked and sourced my internal wiring. For another buyer, he is designing one with rear ports.

Another important fact to mention, is one has to remember that Eric is a carpenter, as well as an electronics guy, so he is able to keep is overhead down by doing everything himself. That is a huge advantage to the end user. There is very little non value added activity costs to pass down to the customer. Lastly, he doesn't spend big $ on advertising, so that explains why he is able to address weaknesses in his $850 model Lore. The customer is essentially paying little, if anything for R&D and design team’s paycheck. This is great news for us! Just think this is important information for some of yo out there that do not take this product seriously because of the lower price tag. This price will surely not last when people start to realize how good it is.