seriously? can you google what difference, little difference, littlest difference mean?
vs. NO difference?
difference by whatever amount MEANS whichever is better is better by that amount. But by no means equals to NO DIFFERENCE
Zu vs. Tekton? -- your comparisons on price, build, sound
My brother in law just bought a pair of Zu Soul Supreme speakers to go with his Rogue RP7/First Watt J2 combo.
He's clearly chasing that lower watt/higher sensitivity magic.
I've asked him about his interest in Devore, AudioNote and some other pricier, high sensitivity speakers, and they're just not coming up used at a price he wants to buy.
So, he's going with Zu.
Zu and Tekton are in the same price region. How do their similarly priced models compare?
If you have researched Zu and Tekton and compared similar priced models:
What differences in your system did you notice in their sound?
How would you compare their build quality — cabinets, drivers, etc.?
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@grislybutter you are digging a deep hole here. @missioncoonery did not call you an idiot. You also did not articulate your position very clearly. Better thicken up the old hide here or you will consume yourself. I read your post and I agree you are really downplaying cables and their impact on a mid to upper level system. Granted Zu and Tekton are not top shelf speakers but they will benefit from a better cable than a $20.00 lamp chord. |
OP, here. I took @grislybutter to be intending a claim that was missing two words. Here's the claim as I think it was intended: "20 dollars cables vs 2000 dollar cables *can sometimes* make the littlest difference" This seems indisputable. @larry5729 I bought a 14' length AP Crystal Solo Oval 8 single speaker cable from TMR for $600 and I paid the company $130 to cut it in half and re-terminate it. Brand new that speaker wire would have been $2661 as a pair of 7' cables. There are ways to get value without buying new. |
"Voices are split in prismatic fashion" is the nail in the coffin, IMO. From another thread, re Tekton Moab: "Nice, plenty of positive things to say. However, it was quite obvious that the array adds convolution to the imaging, especially with more complex music. Voices are split in prismatic fashion and I could hear the grouping of drivers’ contributing to that….Frankly, for all the tweeters purportedly giving the Moab such incisiveness, not really. The 3" soft dome of [my Wharfdale] Opus 2-M2 to my ears in this system was much more precise and elegant, without the smearing of the multiple drivers’ launch….[Moab] does have a more stringent sound, and does not excel in that system at warmth, even though a relatively recent AR preamp and Pass 30.8 Monos were in use. The bass was ok, but certainly not overwhelming in terms of impact or tonality. For $4K some good scale, acceptable presence and impact; reminded me of a low to mid line Magnepan or Vandersteen, a bargain, but with idiosyncrasies."
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