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Tekton Owners Thread

Lore S first impressions. These impressions compared to Vandersteen 2 CI recently rebuilt with upgraded mid range. The Tektons have about 10 hours on them and are still to develop richness or fullness. Regardless, our early observations, notes that sounded blurred together now sound like plink plink plink - way more defined. My wife is picking out lyrics where the words were a bit garbled before. One review talked about decay; symbols & piano decay naturally but the decay is more extended than I'm accustom too. Not much oomph in the bottom end yet - I'm listening with the bass turned up, I almost always with the tone controls defeated. The speakers will play radio noise all night tonight & we'll see what changes tomorrow. So far, promising. BTW, I requested (at my wifes urging) that Eric sign our speakers. He did indeed sign one of them. I think thats pretty cool.
 
Bob

Those Seas drivers are going to take a while to break in especially the woofer. Just be patient let them cook for a couple of days at least.
 
20 Hours now and the M-Lores have definitely changed for the better. In the initial play (1st ten minutes) they sounded decent, then turned kind of muddy and congested. Presently, they sound much better than then. Gonna play them all weekend and continue to monitor improvement...
 
I'm at about 20 hours also & the speakers are starting to fill in. Pretty lifeless & hollow to start but that phase is over. They are pleasant to listen to know.
 
These M-Lores are really coming in to their own. Around 50 hours now. I have a lot of observations to share, but I want to give them more time before I write them up. The M-Lores are NOT going back to Tekton.
 
I've not had speakers with a break in period before. Cool process - like watching them grow. Good to hear the M Lores have moved past "meh".
 
Bob in WI said:
I've not had speakers with a break in period before. Cool process - like watching them grow. Good to hear the M Lores have moved past "meh".
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My GHH's were similar, so I have had to live through this before. The M-Lores at first were boomy, tubby and lifeless. I even tried to EQ them with the EQ on Foobar 2000. It helped. Now they sound better without the EQ. That to me was a good sign. They continue to improve.
 
After 10 hours, I set the bass to full +++ just so they didn't sound like a transistor radio speaker. When we sat down to listen last night, I was pleasently surprized to find my wife had reset to tone controls to defeat. The Packers are todays late game so I prolly won't get a serious listen until tomorrow but I'm expecting another order of magnitude improvement.
 
Bob in WI said:
After 10 hours, I set the bass to full +++ just so they didn't sound like a transistor radio speaker. When we sat down to listen last night, I was pleasently surprized to find my wife had reset to tone controls to defeat. The Packers are todays late game so I prolly won't get a serious listen until tomorrow but I'm expecting another order of magnitude improvement.
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Assuming at this point you gave up on the Pack and did some listening? ;-)

Just ribbing you. Go Chiefs!

- Woody


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Lore Reference Sale $799 Ends Tomorrow!

I've been wanting a pair of Tektons for quite some time and was waiting for used ones within driving distance. Tuesday night, I went to the Tekton blog page to see if they had anything interesting that was ready to ship.

Shazam! The Lore Reference is on sale for $799 (normal price $1000) with $100 shipping. I was in the mood (OK, a drunken stupor!) and I pulled the trigger. BONUS....I got the email today that they have shipped and are supposed to be here Wednesday.

I was totally prepared to wait months for delivery, but it all happened so fast I haven't had a chance to get worked up about it.

I didn't see anyone mention it on this thread, but if you have been thinking about a pair of the Lore Reference, now is the time to act!
 
My M-Lores are really have changed significantly since I first got them. I am truly enjoying them and I believe that they are perfect for the purpose I wanted them for. I do plan to write a comparison to my Hornshoppe Great Heiled Horns soon. They are very different. The Lore reference seems similar to the M-Lores, but in a bigger cabinet. What really is different?
 
MWalt said:
The Lore reference seems similar to the M-Lores, but in a bigger cabinet. What really is different?
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Here's what Mr. Alexander has to say about the Lore Reference:

"The new award winning Lore Reference is the sum total of 5 years of experience in designing and manufacturing Lore based models. Placed in identical cabinetry to the Lore-S the new Lore Reference literally does 90% of what the Lore-S does at a lower cost with an additional +2dB higher sensitivity. I worked directly with Eminence USA transducer engineers to design an amazing new 8″ proprietary transducer. Then, right out of the box we’re awarded a 2014 Blue Note Product of the Year Award from enjoythemusic.com. The Lore Reference is fast, detailed, dynamic, accurate, and high resolution – these are the attributes I’d attach to the new Lore Reference."

I'm a little nervous because, in my main system, I've been a Magnepan guy for a long time. My last foray into "box" speakers was a pair of Vandersteen 1-c's, which I found to be a little dark and boring. I don't expect the Tektons to be anything like them, though!
 
minky said:
Here's what Mr. Alexander has to say about the Lore Reference:

"The new award winning Lore Reference is the sum total of 5 years of experience in designing and manufacturing Lore based models. Placed in identical cabinetry to the Lore-S the new Lore Reference literally does 90% of what the Lore-S does at a lower cost with an additional +2dB higher sensitivity. I worked directly with Eminence USA transducer engineers to design an amazing new 8″ proprietary transducer. Then, right out of the box we’re awarded a 2014 Blue Note Product of the Year Award from enjoythemusic.com. The Lore Reference is fast, detailed, dynamic, accurate, and high resolution – these are the attributes I’d attach to the new Lore Reference."

I'm a little nervous because, in my main system, I've been a Magnepan guy for a long time. My last foray into "box" speakers was a pair of Vandersteen 1-c's, which I found to be a little dark and boring. I don't expect the Tektons to be anything like them, though!
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If they are anything like the M's then they will be far from dark and boring.
 
I'm still waiting for my Lore -S to open up all the way but based on my experience to date, 90% of the Lore S would be a very fine speaker indeed. Realize they may take many hours to open up & they may sound pretty crappy right out of the box. Do report back your impressions & welcome to AK.
 
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