Economical full-range floor-standing speaker options?


Short List of full-range considerations for 2-ch music...

Tekton Double-Impact (which I’ve owned) $3,000(new):
  • 98.82dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity, 4 Ohm
  • ±3dB 20Hz-30kHz
  • ±1dB 70Hz-20kHz
  • Sold because they couldn’t produce LXmini ’magic’ imaging.
Considering the smaller-form-factor Tekton Electron/SE $3,000(new):
  • 98.82dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity, 4 Ohm
  • ±3dB 20Hz-30kHz
  • ±1dB Anyone know?
  • Narrower baffle might image better than DI’s?
Another consideration is GoldenEar Triton 2+, $4k(new):
  • 91dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity, 8 Ohm, built-in 1200w amp for subs
  • ±3dB 16Hz-35kHz
  • ±1dB Anyone know?
Or GoldenEar Triton 3+, (currently in my HT-system), $2.8k(new):
  • 90dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity, 8 Ohm, built-in 800w amp for subs
  • ±3dB 21Hz-35kHz
  • ±1dB Anyone know?
  • Could move these to 2-ch system.
Thinking to simplifying my system, which is currently ’littered’ with stuff required by LXmini and their subs. Outside of the above ’box’ speakers, good candidates for creating LXmini-level imaging is:

Spatial M3 Saphire, $5k(new):
  • 92dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity, 4 Ohm
  • ±3dB 32Hz-40kHz (not quite full-range)
  • ±1dB Anyone know?
Any other ideas out there for full-range with linear response?
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I'd suggest you not get overly obsessed with the plus/minus dB range, whether 1 or 3.  Once you put a speaker in any room in a home environment, whatever they measured in an anechoic chamber is changed, even with room treatments.   Plus, there are a lot of other factors besides frequency response that affect how a speaker sounds. 

I'd suggest you see if you can listen to the speakers in person and see if you like their general voicing. Listening to them in your own home is best, of course. 

I've not heard the Tektons, but have heard the GEs and liked them enough to own a pair of Triton 7s in the past. I currently have a pair of their BRX bookshelf speakers in my bedroom, though I have Ohms in my main system.  

That said, while my opinion, and that of others who may post a response to you, may give you something to think about, the only opinion that matters concerning a speaker's sound quality is yours. 
Raven Audio CeLest Speakers.

https://www.ravenaudio.com/product/celest-tower-audiophile-speakers/

https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2020/12/04/the-best-floorstanding-speakers-buyers-guide-2021/?amp


Be hard pressed to find a better speaker in the $5k range.

also 45 day risk free?

Read the reviews, order a set demo them don’t like them send them back.

You won’t. I replaced Sonus Fabre O3 with the CeLest...yes they are that good.

Hear the music not your gear!




The CeLests are now on sale for $3995 as of 1.23.21.

Also, you really can't go wrong with the Spatials. They're pretty amazing in every category.