Zu Omen or Tekton Lore

Yeah, I've been trying to give Cwazz every benefit of the doubt, but at this point I'm just not sure he's really interested in seeking the solution to his issues.

Despite this, let me share an experience I had toying around the other week. I had found that speaker placement mattered essentially in getting enough bass response for me with the Lores. I have an Ampino, which has volume control, but was also using a preamp/buffer. I thought I would experiment with just using the amp and eliminate the preamp.

I found that details were somewhat enhanced, and greater air, but to the detriment of full-bodied instrument sounds, and most importantly, BASS!! Putting the preamp back in there brought back the bass extension, musical drive, while only modestly reducing detail and air by the slightest bit. In fact, I am not so sure it was not simply the psycho-acoustic effects of more bass energy that I was hearing and not actual reduction in detail.

Cwazz, and everyone else, having the right mating of electronics and speakers is ESSENTIAL when you have high expectations and you're playing with this level of speaker quality.

I think the Lore's will be a great fit for my system. I'm currently using highly modified Lascala's with an NOS Valves 45ST amp using KT88s and a Juicy Music Blueberry Extreme preamp.

This system should be a match made in heaven for the Lore's. I just hope it isn't a step down since I've put a lot of work to get it where it's at now.

My reason for switching is to get a little more forgiving speaker for lower quality recordings. The Lascala's are very revealing with said recordings, but they sound heavenly with quality recordings.

I just want to utilize a greater portion of my collection.

"My reason for switching is to get a little more forgiving speaker for lower quality recordings"

The lores will be perfect at this. That's an area that is critical for me, because my inventory of "audiophile" recordings is practically nothing. For me, it's all about the emotional experience and the ability to give God the glory. A highly analytical system is not my cup of tea, but with that said, the paradoxical truth about the Lores is their ability to be forgiving but also sound like live music on live recordings. No other speaker I have listened to does this. The P-dragon does it as well. Maybe it's an Eminence thing...

Utah - Just FYI, I had Klipschorns when I took a chance on Eric's Katz Meow V1 speakers. I have never looked back, I have never missed the KHorns, and I like the Lores even better than the Katz. I didn't realize how much "unforgiving-ness" I was putting up with listening to KHorns ;)
Not sure how the mods to your LSs apply here, but I'd be willing to bet you would not be disappointed with the Lores.

Re: eminence thing. The Katz 1 has a Fostex driver, so perhaps Eric has something up his sleeve to pull this off. Interesting...