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.?
@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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Uh...before you go calling other people idiotic:
the quality of a cable is not dependent on the amount of money you spent on it. It's dependent on the appropriate electrical qualities you need for the task. Mogami cables, for instance, are very cheap compared to typical "audiophile" cables. Mogami, and similar brands (e.g. Canare) are what most of the pros use. Know why? Because expensive audiophile cables aren't required for transmitting the signals they are recording and mastering. Most of what you listen to was recorded with bog standard studio grade cables. Every time an audiophile swoons over the amount of sonic information his expensive cables "reveal," he is hearing the level of sonic information those standard, cheap studio cables were just as capable of carrying.
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I think a lot of people who are non-believers in speaker wire are those either have difficulty writing the check or are jealous about those who can. As a result they put down others who can. Perhaps their hearing loss doesn’t allow them to hear greater detail. 4 hours after I hooked mine up I heard my tweeters for the first time. At first they sounded harsh and I called my sales person to complain. He said give it 4-6 hours, take two aspirin and call me in the morning. I think the added silver must bring out the highs. speaking of highs I would t think the Tekton’s must drill your ears. I we have a beautiful living room and my wife would kick me out if I came home with Tektons. I am trying to decide between Focal Kanta’s and Paradigm Persona 3’s. I like Persona 3’s for sleekness. The Kanta’s are much bigger and I don’t like the two piece grills. I also don’t like over powering the room and ruining the looks of our room. The gate keeper has the last word. |
