Zu Omen or Tekton Lore

The Tektons sound like an excellent value and a great option in the right room.

Stereophile did a review of some larger Zus that I found interesting. They liked the sound and performance but the measurements were found somewhat lacking. That does not surprise me I suppose. I cannot conceive how a single full range conventional driver can deliver smooth response top to bottom. I can imagine how the lack of crossover and coherency theough most of the audible spectrum could make that a moot point for many though.

Just an fyi the Lore does have a crossover

Anyone know the lore crossover frequency versus zu omem?

Well, I had a graduation party last weekend at my house for a friend, and his 3 year old saw some shiny gold bits on my speakers. Guess what happened next... ;)

So, one of the audax tweeters has some pretty sizeable dimples in it now. Luckily I don't think the voicecoil was damaged. It still works, and I've consulted Eric about how to proceed. I guess I can partially disassembled it without too much trouble and try to push the dome back into shape from the reverse side, then reassemble and reinstall. I'm gonna give it a go. If that doesn't work well, replacement diaphragm and voice coil should only cost $30-40 instead of $110 for replacing the entire driver.

In the meantime, it's been interesting listening to it this way. It's clear the dispersion pattern is messed up, and the two speakers have a little different frequency response. However, it doesn't sound as bad as I would have thought. Having the eminence driver go up as high as it does, it really does carry the majority of the information, and the midrange is still fully intact.

Had the Zu's... HORRIBLE speakers. Huge flat spot in the midrange freq. Not sure how anyone could listen to these and like them.