Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time"

Hi @jtcf,

May I know why you preferred Impact Monitors over PS ?

Thanks

Thank you Jayctoy, I was looking between double impact and PS but as i do not enough space for DI behind the speaker, though about impact monitor but most probably will go with PS, now will wait for some reviews for PS15 Vs PS12.

Thanks for the shout out Jayctoy. Tubes are great with theee speakers!

teejay

I am loving my LTA MZ2, LTA Ultralinear and Tekton DIs. Today, I set all of the the DI driver screws to the same torque (Wheeler FAT Wrench) and must say it made a significant difference. Much thanks for exposing me to a modest cost system that has me emotionally involved with the joy of music.

@teajay 
Curious about the size of your room/speaker placement with the PS.  Do you think this speaker would be significantly compromised pulled out 2-3 feet from the front wall?  Toe in?

Thanks.

Hey corelli,

I have the pair of PS pulled out at least four feet off the front wall.  Because it's ports are on the front baffle you could place it closer to the front wall without screwing up the bottom end.  However, to create the best soundstaging, the more space the better.  Very slight toe-in, with the speaker just slightly aimed outside my ears.

I am interested in these for a second system with my DIY EL86 amp. Very small room and I will be 5-6 feet from the front plane of the speakers. Is 5-6 feet too close for this array? Nearfield for sure. Just wonder if this is enough distance for proper top to bottom integration and tone. 

Hey grannyring,

The distance that you would be sitting at is exactly the distance I reviewed the PS at.  I found no difficulties with the concerns that you mentioned.

Perfect! Thanks.  

Thanks guys.  Will check it out.

@teajay 

THANK YOU!!  Your passion, knowledge, and willingness to share has been instrumental in my ability to figure out what to do with a new system purchase.  You made me aware of both LTA and Aric Audio whom I will be buying one of their integrated/amps (MZ3 vs 300B SET).  You answered my key questions on PS including their ability to sound great at low volumes and that the PS can be driven very well by the MZ2.  So now the rest is on me - which sonic flavor do I want  MZ3 or 300b?  I am just not ready to spend the money for the MZ3 to drive the 300B amp.

1 question - do you have any tube recommendations for the MZ2/3?  And has tube rolling made a difference?  I wonder if there is a way to get more meat on the bones if I decide to use the MZ3 as an integrated amp with the Perfect SET speakers.

Again thank you very much and please continue the great service you provide to our community.

@jayctoy 

I am confident you are correct. I want to build a couple of SET amps and these speakers would be the perfect sandbox for me to play with them in....as well as my current tube amp. 

Hey dbass,

First, thank you for the kind words.

My favorite tubes in the LTA are NOS TongSol black glass oval plate 6SN7s and NOS Genelax yellow label 12AT7's, these tubes just creat beautiful music in my system.

Thanks!

@listener111  to answer your question I ended up with the monitors because I was worried about wrestling around heavier speakers and having to ship them back if I didn't like them.Ha,ha,ha,ha!!I love them and they aren't going anywhere:)In hindsight a floorstander would have been easier to position with no stands to fuss with.

@dbass in my LTA I'm just starting to experiment with tube rolling.Last week I dropped in Sylvania AT7GTA black plates and am very pleased.The sound remains clean and clear but the musicians are more palpable now.There's more *meat on the bones*.Next up I'll try something new for the output tubes.I'll keep you posted with the good/bad results.

@jtcf  Thanks I will be very interested in what you hear.  

@dbass the new 6SN7 are ElectroHarmonix gold pin(new production).I've read that a lot of folks describe them as*sweet and organic* plus they are inexpensive.Unfortunately I'm not hearing it:( I've only got about ten hours on them and they don't sound bad per say,just not what I was expecting.What I hear is clean,clear,detailed,very good high frequencies,very good bass,emphasizing transients and dynamics.Too dry and solid state of a presentation in my system for my taste though.I think they would be perfect in a more laid back system that needed livening up.Tomorrow I will try the Sylvania *bad boys* and see how that goes:)
The Sylvania 12AT7s along with the stock 6SN7 Tung Sols sound pretty darn good but ya know....searching for perfection.Those Telefunkens are sooo expensive and I can't quite talk myself into them yet:)

@jayctoy   Do you have further updates on your Tekton Design PS12s? I think you should have over 50 hours on the speakers by now (?). 

Don't have your amp but if you haven't done so you might want to try Sophia Electric 6SN7s , use them in my Modwright LS100 preamp, very nice sounding to my ears

@jayctoy  Thanks. Sounds like you are in an exceptionally good place with your system and the Tekton Design PS12s.

On another note, you may want to connect with @corelli who recently posted about attending Axpona on the Double Impact thread.

Unfortunately, I only got to page 2 because of the derailment. I wanted to read a thread about this new line of speakers but it seems I am unable to do that, and it is because of a few people that insist on sharing their dislike for the company...not because they have heard this specific speaker or are even remotely interested in doing so.

I own a pair of DIs and really enjoy them. They make me want to experiment with tube amps and explore new avenues of sound. I looked forward to reading about these started by somebody who has lots of experience with this company’s speakers and others in a community who are interested.

 There is a popular company of cables, and I really can’t stand them. I own a pair of their cables, and they are okay, but I just don’t like the company, their marketing, or really anything about them. Because the cable industry is so huge with so many choices, it allows me to look elsewhere.

i don’t like them, SO I STAY OUT OF THE THREADS THAT FOCUS ON THAT COMPANY’S PRODUCTS. How hard is that for others to do the same with a speaker company they dislike?

I am not a fanboy, one of the sheeple, or whatever else you want to peg me as. I am an A-goner interested in reading about a product by people who care about it. Can you stay out of our way, please?

Well said. Hard to ignore the posters you are referring to, but I have finally learned how to do it. I am also rather interested in these speakers.  Great value certainly. 

Thanks @facten, I was reading about Sophia tubes just the other day!@ dbass I tried the Sylvania bad boys today.Fired up the system and immediately relaxed into the music.Organic and smooth.A little too opaque though,sigh....I missed the detail.The journey continues.I'll PM you with anymore revelations since I am seriously derailing this thread now.

Thanks - and as well am curious about the Sophia Electric 6SN7s - if you take the leap please do update.  Perhaps I will start a separate thread on this.

I am following Tekton speakers for a while and it seems most ppl love them and some totally dislike them.
Has anyone heard the Be versions?  

@sthlm78 I have heard 5 Tekton Design speakers with the ’standard’ tweeter array drivers. Two were / are my own and I've lived with them for over 2 years. I have heard 1 Tekton Design speaker with the BE tweeter array (Ulfberth BE).

My next Tekton Design speaker will be : ) a BE tweeter array.

Thanks David!
I am interested in Ulfberht too but not sure if they fit in my room ( 8m x 6m), they are huge !

@sthlm78 You are welcome.

The Ulfberth BEs were in a ’smaller’ room. Their performance in this room surprised me and confirmed that they would work in my room (which is larger) and which measures 19 feet (front wall) X 26 feet X 9 feet.

Both Ulfberth, standard versions, I heard on separate occasions and in different systems were in larger spaces than the room the Ulfberth BEs were in.

I estimate the room the Ulfberth BEs were in to be approximately 16 feet (front wall) X ~ 24 feet (stairway to basement)) X 8 feet high.  Perhaps @audioezra @aolprodj @audioarchon @teajay can confirm (?)

Sorry I don’t want to hijack because my questions are not amp related but can I ask what speakers you had before and what you choose over Tekton?

Thought those of you who have/like LTA amps might want to see the faceplate created by Lou Hinckley of Daedalus Audio for the  LTA Ultralinear ZOTL amp. - Beautiful craftsmanship as are Lou's speakers
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=163292.0

Hello Encore owners. Has anyone done upgrades to the crossovers?

Can anyone compare / contrast the PS to the PS-15?  Ready to order but can't seem to decide which button to click.

Given these are newer models, suspect few have heard the 15 yet.  I would trust Eric's input on this one

+1 to the above from @corelli . Even less likely that folks, other than Eric of Tekton Design, have compared the 12 to the 15 directly.

I’ve been interested in hearing tekton for some time and was hoping they would be at axpona this year. I noticed Zu (another direct sales and another I'd love to hear) was listed but the room (at least on the Friday) only had their carts? Hopefully tekton will be present next year.

teajay,

Earlier in this discussion you said:

" When Mike Kay of Audio Archon came over to get his take on the PS speaker he brought that Rush album and played it at high SPL levels, he thought that the system sounded superlative playing this music."

Was he listening to it with the higher powered Threshold amp, or the low powered SET amp? While I listen to a lot of singer/songwriter music, where voice and guitar reproduction is critical, I also want to throw on a recording by The Who, or Rush and listen at high SPL at times. Do the Perfect SETS deliver on that using SET power? 

Also, you mentioned in the excellent 6 Moons article that you put the PS speakers upstairs in your nearfield setting to review them. Can you give me an idea of how far they were from your listening position, how far apart, and how far from the side and front walls? That information would help me a great deal. 
I would be using them in a 13.5x15x8 room with a SET amp of 16wpc. 

Thank you.