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In Reply to: RE: Tekton posted by Travis on September 16, 2014 at 16:08:06
I haven't posted in these forums for a while and had to request my password, but I wanted to chime in on this thread. I also was curious about Tekton. I had never heard of them before. I have been upgrading my system over the last year or so. I recently acquired a Decware Mystery Amp, pre-amp and phono stage. I have had a great experience with my headphone rig a Decware Mini-Torrie so I chose to stay with this company for my big rig. I had been running Martin Logan ESL's with my previous Amp an older Denon. The Denon had enough power to push the ESL's but my new tube amp never could play the ML's with enough authority. I expressed my concerns over on the Decware Forum and someone mentioned looking into the Tekton Pendragons. The reason I took the trouble to log in is that I am so very impressed with these speakers on my tube amp. The sound is so much better in every way than the ESL (either on the Denon or with the Mystery Amp) The bass is super, the soundstage is way better and it is cleaner/clearer and just has the right synergy. No bottlenecks at all. The amp and speaker just seem so right and I just absolutely love them. I also was concerned a little bit about Tekton's reputation, but I spoke with Eric a few times and he was wonderful to deal with. Also they shipped the speakers very quickly and I got them in about a week. If you have any questions please post and I will try to answer them. I want to point out that these speakers are really quite large and you may or may not have the room for them. For me I don't need to get wife approval as they are in my workshop and it is all mine. This is my end-game system as I am completely happy. It has taken me years to get here and I am now just going to be focused on collecting vinyl and maybe getting a new cartridge down the road.
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Farm Boss,
Thanks very much for weighing in here. I've been following this thread with interest, because I'm in the upgrade mode and have been eyeing the Pendragons and the Enzos. It's great to hear from an owner.
My big concern with the Pendragons is size. How big is your listening room? What kind of music do you listen to?
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
Jim- The room is really a three car garage turned into a den/workshop/listening room. I put drywall up and the ceiling is high with exposed insulation. The room sounds pretty good without any echoes and I don't really have any room treatments but behind my listening chair I have all my records on bookshelves which seems to work for diffusing the sound waves bouncing back. i have the speakers about 9 feet apart and my chair is back about the same creating an equall sided triangle. When it is warm enough I keep the garage doors open (no neighbors near) and in the winter I have a built in heater. I tend to listen to classic hard rock the most but also like classic country and big band. Tonight I listened to Neil Young And then the Cars. My son loaned me an album from the Black Keys (this one didn't seem to have the same sound quality as my old records which I am thinking it was compressed or something.).
Very helpful context. Thanks again.
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
This has been helpful.
Congratualtions, Boss. The Pendragons are out of my budget. I think maybe the M-Lores would fit my 35wpc Jolida just fine. I haven't been able to find a mini monitor in that price range that floats my boat.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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