Glass Prison
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After reading a review in The Wall of Sound I wanted to find out more. I think the Lore would be the one. 
Tekton Owners Thread
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frankbooth
Super Member
I,would love to hear these. Very intreiguing.Crappy picture (have to get rid of the BlackBerry), but here you go. They look pretty massive with the other components between them.
Oh, by the way, they sound better than they look!
PAGS
Super Member
Well, I'm in Washington Crossing. You're welcome to drop by next weekend and given them a listen. PM me later in the week if you're interested.
ictwoody
I like vintage gear — my preamp is from 2007.
They'd probably sound badass. Eric at Tekton likes his speakers with some power behind them, they just happen to work with low watt jobbers as well.
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prighello
not all who wander are lost
+1, they are designed with high power handling.
Poultrygeist
Lunatic Member
With the Tekton's you can get near SET like performance from the TPA3116 for only a few dollars. I'd take it's SQ over any ss amp.
jimdabomb
Active Member
Eric actually seemed disappointed when I told him I'd be using my Lores with a 3watt SET. He said that I would want to get some more power behind them. For now I don't have much interest in more power but I'm planning on building a 50w solid state amp in the near future, so we'll see how that goes. I've only heard them on my 25watt NAD receiver other than the SET. I'd like to hear what they can do with one of those 300watt Emotiva amps.
The cost between the mini Lore & Lore S is substantial - I'm trying to justify the difference. I think the conventional Lore would be too big for my room. For the price differential, the Lore S should be a revelation compared to the mini Lore which I hear is a very fine speaker in its own right. Whatever we settle on will be driven by an Onkyo Integra pair that leans a bit towards warmth. Anyone heard the Lore S? They are well reviewed but then, all the Tektons are. These speakers will be my gift to myself for remodeling the @$%@$^ living room again. Any Lore S owners out there?
jimdabomb
Active Member
The Lore-S would have a more refined sound. Cleaner, smoother, more detail, maybe better imaging, etc.. I'm not sure how drastic of a difference you would notice. It would lose some efficiency and dynamics over the other versions with their pro audio drivers. The Lore-S uses Seas hi-fi drivers. One review said the Lore-S had better detail than the Pendragons but it really depends how much you want to hear. If you're looking to hear every tiny little minute detail, I'd go for the Lore-S. If you just want to enjoy the music and rock out, any Lore model would be good enough.
Rockin' out would not describe most of the listening we do & I don't expect there would be a power shortage. It's hard to make decisions when you can't hear speakers side by side and no one can answer questions because they don't likely know the questioners frame of reference. Apparently, the Lore S are in stock for immediate delivery so I don't need to decide in a hurry. Thanks.
Poultrygeist
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I've owned a pair of Zu's which share the Eminence driver with the Lores. Loved their big boisterous sound but can't say they're the last word in detail retrieval. A 3 watt SET amp really helped in this regard and can take those drivers to ear bleed level. I'd be surprised if Eric owns a SET amp or has spent much time listening to his speakers powered by one. When I told him I was using the MW to drive his speakers he'd never heard of it.
Zu shotgun markets their speakers for use with solid state amps ( AVR's in HT systems ). Yet when you read a professional review of such HE full range speakers more than often a SET amp is the amp they use.
Zu shotgun markets their speakers for use with solid state amps ( AVR's in HT systems ). Yet when you read a professional review of such HE full range speakers more than often a SET amp is the amp they use.
jimdabomb
Active Member
Well, with the 30 day trial period I'm sure you could purchase a pair of M-Lores if you wanted and if they left you wanting more, you could return them and get the Lore-S instead. Like I've mentioned, the Tektons do it all.. from solo harp, to small vocal arrangements, jazz, soft rock, hard rock, heavy metal, hip-hop, large scale classical, they handle every genre with ease and sound great with it all. I've had many pairs of speakers over the years, many would sound great with some genres and terrible with others but the Tektons do it all and sound great with anything I put through them.
Poultrygeist
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Outside of Lowthers these Fostex based Tekton OB4.5's are probably some of the most detailed speakers I've spent time with. Eric once told me that the little Fostex was his favorite driver.
The downside of the OB4.5 is it's need for bass augmentation but Eric builds matching subs.
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0809/tekton_design_ob45.htm
The downside of the OB4.5 is it's need for bass augmentation but Eric builds matching subs.
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0809/tekton_design_ob45.htm
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prighello
not all who wander are lost
I own the M-Lores among many other speakers. I have not heard the Lore S but I can speak for the Ms. They are not what I consider to be detail oriented speaker. You get some details but not all of them. What they do great at is producing a great fullness and range along with a wide sound stage. You don't feel like you're missing any part of the spectrum high or low and the speakers disappear. They are just plain balanced and don't color the music. Plus they are easy to drive and will play loud as hell without distorting...very easy to listen to for long periods of time.
Like Jim said, they are great for rocking out and that's exactly why I bought them. If I want to hear all the little details of a composition I just pop on a set of headphones or pop in to another room and fire up my Fostex's
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If you do not like it have it removed. I mentioned why i put it here, why is it so hard to understand?
cubdog
banging through drywall
I wish the Tekton website was a little more informative and had more and better pictures. When you are buying speakers unheard the more information the better. Frankly I think it hurts their sales. The other thing I dislike is all the variation on the Lore design. It's confusing and with so little information it's damn near impossible to get a real idea about the differences between each one.
cubdog
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