Zu Omen or Tekton Lore

Sukihock, Eric does prefer to do business over the phone. He's a busy guy and doesn't have a chance to sit in front of the computer often. I have a pair of the OB4.5s. Zman and gpowered, if you thought imaging was scary on the Lores/Katz...you ain't seen (heard) nothin'! What the little OB4.5s lack in bass, they more than make up for in soundstaging, imaging, and that eerie realism. The click of a saxophone's valves and the parting of Jane Monheit's lips before her first note are not uncommon. I honestly don't miss the dynamics of floorstanding speakers at this point. The intimacy of the music is almost addictive. Eric truly is a nice guy, and I believe him to be an honest man in terms of recommendations and salesmanship. We have talked a few times since my purchase about amp upgrades, etc.

I will second, er, third the build quality comments. Eric is truly a professional when it comes to speaker building.

Evan

In response to Boniccie:

I don't own Lores, I own Eric's OB 4.5 monitors and I use Paul Speltz Anti Cable speaker cables. I love these cables, but expect a very long burn-in on them. I mean long. I'm at about 300+ hours on my entire system and just recently the cables really opened up.

Hope it helps,
Evan

Zman,

Even though I already knew you produced cables very similar to Paul's, I didn't take it as shilling.

Now that you mention it, I have recently upgraded a few components up-stream. The only real constant (if you check out my system) has been my speakers and cabling. It's these items that have 300+ hours, everything else considerably less. Sorry to get off topic.

More to the point: A friend owns Eric's Katz Meow, and if it's any indication of the Lore (8inch driver vs 10inch driver), then I'm certain you wouldn't be disappointed with it.

Evan