REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab

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jeffvegas,

"Enjoy your schiit audio gear glupson. lmfao!"

Will you ever get one thing right?

By the way, what does lmfao mean?

While you are at vocabulary, Moabs, not Moab's.

jeffvegas,

"Wilsons are fine loudspeakers and gupson probably couldn't afford to keep them so he trashes them."

I believe that you confused me with someone else as I doubt I have commented on Wilsons. I am not aware of their pricing, but you are a bit off the target.

"Thecarpathian is upset radio shack is no longer in business because that's where he bought his gear."

I cannot speak for thecarpathian, but add me to the list of those painfully missing Radio Shack. There was one almost next to the world-famous candy store. I preferred Radio Shack.

jeffvegas,

Now you mention NAD. It is getting creepy. If your next post mentions Philips AE6209, I am asking for the restraining order.

jeffvegas,

I have seen Emotiva only in an advertisement in a magazine. I cannot enjoy it. I have seen Krell in person, though. Boy, were they ugly.

Ok, enough is enough. Rotel stack is an unachievable dream for most on this forum.

On the other hand, jeffvegas knows what good stuff is. SONY boombox, Rotel combos, Revel 208. Finely curated collection. I am starting to think that even Tekton may be really good.

"...a sony boombox at Best buy will fit your needs."

SONY boombox from Best Buy was easily my best buy ever. It served me for five years as a sole source of music. It still works just fine although I hardly ever use it. Never a hiccup, never craved anything better. It brought much more joy than current much more expensive set-up. Please have respect for actual fine equipment.

"Bear in mind one tube watt equals about three to five or more solid state watts."

A couple of physics teachers would disagree, I suspect.

I do not think there is a shop anywhere that demoes Tekton. From what I understand, it is a mail-order company with money-back guarantee of some sort.

Many audiophiles are happy to host other interested audiophiles (millercarbon certainly being a generous one) so you may try in your area. There are Tekton owners groups on the Internet, maybe someone on Audiogon will notice, etc. Ask and you will (probably) find. Of course, the question is do you want to do it right at this moment.

Don’t forget, Performa3 F208 predated Samsung acquisition by a few years.

jeffvegas,

It would be really interesting, and beneficial to someone I am sure, if you came back to this thread once you have both (pairs of) speakers and let us know your opinion. It would be much appreciated.

HarmAn, not HarmOn.

Do not worry and do not mix, just match them with a Chinese made amplifier and you are good to go. Try Melody, I have read they go really well together ( Chuck Miller's System - Virtual Systems (audiogon.com) ) and you even get patriotic bonus points. I am just not quite sure from which country, though.

In case this (from Tekton website) is true...

"I looked at the tweeters by shining a flashlight through the rear ports. I could see that the MOABs are using Wavecor TW030WA06 4ohm tweeters.

These are high quality drivers used in expensive speakers. Each costs $87.

https://www.parts-express.com/wavecor-tw030wa06-30mm-textile-dome-tweeter-with-rear-chamber-with-ferrofluid-4-ohm--298-1110

There are 30 Wavecor drivers in the MOAB pair!

The retail price on these tweeter alone is $87 x 30 = $2,610."

...could Moabs be considered largely a Chinese product?

Wavecor | HiFiCompass

Customer Testimonials - Tekton Design | Improve your hearing

"If you look at Moabs, it's a lot of the same. Chinese made wavecor tweeters..."

Hold on, did you just say "Chinese made" in Moabs? Is that for real? That would explain why they would pair well with Melody amplifier. In fact, do two speakers pair with an amplifier, or do they threesome with it?

jeffvegas,

If  this is your amplifier, there is a chance that sensitivity of the speaker is not what you may need to pay attention to.

Krell FPB 400cx 800-watt stereo Class-A Power Amp (hifiheaven.net)

corelli,

Glupson makes Tekton sound like it belongs in the Klipsch camp. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is not a front row in your face kind of speaker. It in my mind defines neutrality. Nothing "aggressive" about it.

That is the curse of asking for opinions on an Internet forum. You may get two opposite, and still honest, views rendering it all useless.

It may really depend what your preferences are.

If you like the sound of the front row at Woodstock, Tekton.

If you like less aggressive, but more polite, sound, Revel.

If blasting is what I wanted, Tekton. They are hard to beat for energetic music excitement at that price.

If smooth and refined without exaggerations, Revel.

Tekton let’s you know it is there, Revel blends in. Not only by their looks.