Zu Omen or Tekton Lore

There's a user who did his own replacement with Mundorf SIO caps, I believe with Pendragons, and said it was immediately evident and great improvement. I haven't seen anything about doing so with Lores, but I would expect similar. It's hard to say whether it's worth it - I don't have experience swapping capacitors and thus don't know how much change to expect. I have explored the cost of swapping to Mundorf SIO on my own, and the capacitors involved cost about $600 for the pair of speakers. Eric isn't making money on the crossover upgrades - it's just that the Mundorf SIO's in the values involved cost that much.

I can't speak to the crossover update for the Lores, but I purchased the upgraded crossovers from Eric for the Pendragons and it is a substantial upgrade. I only installed the upgrade in one speaker so that I could do a direct comparison between the upgraded and stock versions. The upgrade was easily detected without any burn-in time. The new crossover provides much more upper end detail and presents a greater sense of 'air' around instruments and vocals. It is very cliche, but it really is as if you removed a veil from in front of the speaker.

It is a significant monetary investment, but I think the upgraded crossovers are well worth it on the Pendragons. And as has already been said, Eric is not making any money from the upgraded crossovers -- the Mundorf Caps are very expensive for the sizes required (8.2 and 10.0 uF for the Pendragons). You could probably save some money and use some different caps (Jantzen Superior Z caps or Mundorf Mcap Supremes), but the silver in oil are really special.

Hello Holly,you have not heard anything yet, I have a vast amount of
Experience with all Mundorf caps these caps with take at least 300 hours
Just to settle in ,they will go through. Few changes from dull, to bright then
Start to refine. The Mundorf Silver,Gold oil are better still but wy to expensive.th bass in the silver is not as solid as the lesser supreme but far better Through the rest of the frequency spectrum. I have used all Mundorf products for years. One thing to mention why not use the excellent Mundorf
Supreme resistors ? They are a little clearer sounding then the Mills resistors ,what are they using in the -SE version in the lore?
And second only to the worlds best for cpacitors as well as resistors
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Hi Audioman,
I have the Mundorf Caps SIO in my Pendragons along with the Mundorf Supreme Resistors and I did find the break in process to be very long and not so pleasant at times as has another friend of mine with the same set up. And yes the improvement over the stock Caps and Resisitors was quite dramatic. However, now they are really singing. I am equally impressed with these speakers with a 2 watt Decware Zen and an 18 Watt AN 211. Hopefully I won't regret my decision to sell these in the hope of "upgrading"..........:)

Having read this thread carefully, of course I'm only able to 'imagine' the sound of the Lore-S. I'm attracted by everything I'm reading about them. My present speakers are British LS3/5a monitors on stands. I like classical orchestra and 50's jazz and I value nuance, refinement and good scale. Has anyone heard both speakers and can advise me as to how they compare? My room is 14 X 16, long wall placement