Zu Omen or Tekton Lore

Fusion, you can also look at Niteshade Audio for amps in your price range.

Sebrof.
It's interesting that you have seen a cross-over in the Lore. From all indications, the Lore is supposed to be a full range with a high pass capacitor in the tweeter.
I never looked inside the one I had, but what you're discribing is a cross-over.

Anybody order or has received a pair of the Oriel 10 ? I talked to Eric and explained that I use digital sources via a DAC and through a Dared tube pre and pair of Dared tube mono blocks (18wpc). I am fairly eclectic with my music and listen to everything from Celtic to dubstep / Techno. I was / am a bit afraid of trusting a full range speaker to handle the differet music types but Eric assures me the Oriel can handle it all.

Thoughts ?

Yeah Zman, that's kind of disappointing that the speaker has a crossover. I was kind of jazzed to try one without, knowing how many people feel that crossovers muck up the sound.

Thanks for the tube amp recommendations. The Stingray looks sweet but I think it comes without a remote. I tend to make small volume adjustments while listening so not having this would be a bit of an inconvenience. Still, I will consider it as sound and build quality trump convenience. The Niteshade stuff looks fantastic. Never heard of this company before but they are definitely an option as well. It looks like they will build basically any amp you want, and what they've done in the past looks first rate.

Guys - I wouldn't be concerned about the cross-over. Eric uses a very simple approach, and the Lore is crossed over very high (around 3khz). Not sure about he M-lore but I think I rememer Eric telling me it is similar. Lets not get trapped into that type of thinking - rather it is all of the parts of the system that make up the whole. Eric's aptitude is in the execution of these things. Those of us that own his products can attest to that. There are many x-overless speakers that don't sound anywhere near as good.

No speaker I have owned can touch the Pendragon from a total package standpoint, and for those that just joined this thread, that includes:

Greybeard Audio KB ($9.5K and all Scan Speak)
Dynaudio Focus 220 II, Confidence C1 monitors, and A70's
Von Schweikert Audio VR-4 Jr Mk II
Quad ESL 989 (although these excel in mid range)
Martin Logan Ascent
PSB Synchrony One, and Stratus Gold I's
Silverline SR12
Rega RS7

The Tektons are phenominal speakers - it is a giant blessing to not have to be chasing the speaker train anymore like I had been since '08 ;) In addition to that, I never get tired of listening to the Pens... yet every other speaker I owned did not have that lasting affect. Go figure...