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Tekton vs. Salk Sound?

Hi,

I currently own a pair of Salk Song3s. I am looking for something much more and have a budget of $10K-$15K. My main use is 50/50 of HT and music.

I prefer to not use a sub at all, because I live in a shared townhouse. This is a huge requirement for me. I feel that a separate sub just has way too much bottom end and ends up shaking down the entire building and pissing off the neighbors. My current Song3s go down to 30Hz, but obviously nowhere near the feel/loudness of a separate sub.

I heard a lot about Tekton, but never heard them. Does anyone here have experience with both? I have always remained loyal to Salk, but as I continue to upgrade, I do not want to be ignorant to better brands and be boxed into only Salk.

I always thought that I get a lot more speaker for the money with Salk compared to other brands. Now that I have a larger budget, I want to challenge that assumption.

What else should I be looking at for $10K-$15K price range?

Anyone have experience with Salk vs Tekton that could weight in?

My current amp is a Mcintosh MC207 with Anthem AVM60. I also have a separate MAC6700 for music only.

Thanks in advance and look forward to others' thoughts.
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ozzy62
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FOCALS ARE SHRILLY CRAP COMPARED TO SALK !
 Spoken (shouted) by someone I'm sure has never heard the new Focals.

You should get out more and post less........
kineticaudio
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I've heard them all mr. Know-it-all.

FOCAL & TEKTON are GARBAGE compared to SALK.

The SALK SS 9.5 BLOWS ANY FOCAL/TEKTON AWAY !!!

50+ year Audiophile here so I KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT !
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millercarbon
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You don't need to spend $10-15k to get a $10-15k speaker. All you need is Tekton Moabs. Of course, if it really is important to spend all that money there is always the Ulfberht. However, just so you know, when I was all set to buy Ulfs the one guy who has heard them both in his own system and who bought Ulfs (before Moabs came out) talked me out of them saying the Moab is so close to Ulf for half the money its just not worth it. 

They have terrific bass, superb imaging, dynamics galore, and everything you throw at them sounds just beautiful because they have the best midrange, way better than you have any right to expect for such a reasonable price.

This is all possible because Eric has developed a technology so new and different hardly anyone understands it. But this is how he's able to build speakers with relatively inexpensive cabinets and drivers that far outperform anything similarly made. Others have to use expensive proprietary drivers and construction techniques precisely because they are working in the old outdated paradigm. Oh well.

Put them on springs, by the way, this will not only improve the sound but decrease structural transmission that is the real source of your noise concerns.
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thread from 2017

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lancelock
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I have owned the Tekton’s and heard the Salk speakers many times. I think they both sound great. Both are Big Bang for the buck speakers. If WAF is important then the Salk might Nobel the go to. The Salk built cabinets and impressive and superior to the Tekton cabinet work. The Tekton tweeter array in most impressive sounding.
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