Yes shadorne I did read it and feel you made a very valid point re: the Focal opportunity. I heard Focals once at SR’s development center and was impressed and also at an RMAF with a similarly positive impression.
My comment was aimed at what I see to be exclusion/dismissal of options other than those chosen by ourselves, your posts on this thread being a notable exception to a strong proclivity in that area (my opinion).
I am guilty of this also, as is 90+% of those here (almarg being a shining exception IMO), but try not to unfairly disparage other gear in an effort to rationalize my biases . Yet, I find myself becoming more and more frustrated/discouraged with the approach that, it seems to me, is becoming more about puppy love than a mature and experienced selection of gear than is intended to provide years of reliable, long term listening satisfaction and then focusing on the less glamorous task of making that system excel.
I hold no opinion of the Tekton speakers as I have not heard them, nor any other brand that I have no experience with, yet I see thread after thread where fellow audio enthusiasts inquire about recommendations to replace perfectly good gear when no attempt has been made to accommodate their current component nor the room and feel doggedly certain that the new piece will not achieve its potential in that situation any more than the piece that is being kicked to the curb was able to.
I think the time has come that we old timers with systems carefully selected and optimized vs the soup de jour must acknowledge that views and approaches to audio nirvana have changed and thus pick and choose our contributions accordingly, be prepared for our advice to be utterly ignored, or just simply move on.
Dave
My comment was aimed at what I see to be exclusion/dismissal of options other than those chosen by ourselves, your posts on this thread being a notable exception to a strong proclivity in that area (my opinion).
I am guilty of this also, as is 90+% of those here (almarg being a shining exception IMO), but try not to unfairly disparage other gear in an effort to rationalize my biases . Yet, I find myself becoming more and more frustrated/discouraged with the approach that, it seems to me, is becoming more about puppy love than a mature and experienced selection of gear than is intended to provide years of reliable, long term listening satisfaction and then focusing on the less glamorous task of making that system excel.
I hold no opinion of the Tekton speakers as I have not heard them, nor any other brand that I have no experience with, yet I see thread after thread where fellow audio enthusiasts inquire about recommendations to replace perfectly good gear when no attempt has been made to accommodate their current component nor the room and feel doggedly certain that the new piece will not achieve its potential in that situation any more than the piece that is being kicked to the curb was able to.
I think the time has come that we old timers with systems carefully selected and optimized vs the soup de jour must acknowledge that views and approaches to audio nirvana have changed and thus pick and choose our contributions accordingly, be prepared for our advice to be utterly ignored, or just simply move on.
Dave