Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers

The video of the Pendragon's is from a very reputable reviewer.  I don't doubt that the Pendragon's sound is very good and are really inexpensive.  However, the caveat is that despite a benign impedance curve, they require a very stable and high quality amplifier to drive them.  For comparison, my Legacy Signature IIIs have a lowest impedance of 3.2 ohms, nominal 4 ohms, 94.6 db efficiency (tested) and can be powered by a Sherwood 7100 receiver of 17 solid state watts to sound quite impressive (how I bought them).  While I am using a 35 watt Dynaco ST 70 extreme modified (voltage regulated/not ultralinear) with tremendous bass with these speakers which reach down to 16 Hz with 3-10" woofers and a rear firing tweeter, I have also used them with EAR 890 and my 125 watt tube monoblocks.   All of these amps are significantly less expensive than the Luxman.  If I owned the Pendragon, I would buy a stable, quality used amp.  Otherwise, this is Tekton's meat and potatoes, quality speakers at low prices, without the aesthetics of most other brand dynamic speakers sans grills.  Notice the reviewer also indicated that these large speakers sound best in large rooms

For what it’s worth to anyone who made it this far into this winding thread, I own a pair of the 7 tweeter Pendragons. They’re in my second, home office system and powered with a Bob Latino (Tubes4hifi) ST-70 clone. They sound fantastic and offer all the performance I could want out of that system.

I don’t understand why most every Tekton thread goes sideways but suspect most of the animosity is the result of a certain, now banned user of this site. Call it a marketing misstep, or just the wrong tool for the job. Emphasis on tool.

I don’t know many US based speaker manufacturers where I can talk to the owner of the company, get advice on which full-range (20hz-20khz) offering in their lineup suits my needs, select from a nearly infinite color palette, and have them shipped to my door half way across the country for less than $3k. Oh, and they sound great with my measly 35 watt tube amp. Certainly a lot to hate here.

To compare all other loudspeaker company Tektone using proline woofers with cloth surround instead traditional woofers with rubber . it make some benefits. like more sensitivity ,better midbass and punch bass performance but need more bigger size cabinets and still less low bass extension, But for most Tekton fans is not important

Same situation with open baffle lowers 

P05129 , I read good reviews at RMAF show regarding Tekton monitor impacts by Herb Reichert and his friend Victor , it’s a parasound and Tekton combo. I learned that year pre pandemic , they will be at Axpona.That time I already own the monitor impact ? Pair with Plinius sa100amp, Art audio preamp and Nordost Cabling and audio quest pc. They sound very good. When I listened to the impact monitor at axpona they sound terrible, because the amp they are using is proto type not out on the market yet.I also noticed the demo guy is not playing good music. People don’t even stay in the room to finish  one song.If I heard that set up no way I will buy my impact monitors…now they are blaming the speakers . Not fair.

You can call it product development, but the fact remains that in order to get the most from each type of driver you must do a great deal of modification to the crossover. This is not a one size fits all scenario. I remain skeptical but then again I am not your target consumer.  

I agree