Tekton Kat's Meow


I noticed a speaker manufacturer selling some very interesting open baffle full range hybrids on Audiogon. I checked out the web site and found out this speaker won a blue note award from Enjoy The Music. That peaked my curiosity so I spent some serious time on this guys web site. He has a speaker he sells for $1000 that he calls the Kat's Meow. I e-mailed him about them and told him that I was currently running B&W Cm7's. He said that he would pay good money to see the look on my face when I compared these Kat's Meow speakers to my CM7's. Seeing as he might be right, and I love a good challenge, I might just have to lab rat these speakers. If the Salk Songtwower sounds as good as pretty much any speaker up to twice it's price, why couldn't this Kat's Meow speaker sound as good if not better than a $2000 speaker.

Has anyone checked these out? If anyone has some spare time, could you check out the Tekton website and tell me what you think? This guy has some serious background with large speaker manufacturers (working for them) and has seen (probably mine) many speakers that some of us own being slapped together by 18 year old girls in China. He claims to be a mastercrafstman and is reproducing some really awesome classic speakers like the Dynaco A-25. He offers a 30 day trial period and a 5 year warranty which will certainly make it easier for me to add them to my cart.

Another interesting tid bit. He has a speaker called the Uruz and he direcly goes after the Zu Essence with after Zu published their ferquency response graph last fall. This guy really stands by his work. I think we might be hearing more about him in the near future. He also blasts rear firing ports on speakers and will gladly back up his findings.
donjr
I have not heard these, however I have owned some tekton fostex based speakers (as part of surround sound in home theater) Eric is a great guy and does great quality work. I live in Utah so easy for me to visit. He has said he would bring a pair of his new OB design to pop in my room for a listen. I am eagerly waiting. I will keep you posted
there are so many great speakers housed in some really expensive digs.Wouldnt it be nice to hear them as designed ,outside of the box.I may drive from S.Cal to hear for myself there are some interesting products.Should not everyone hear the GOOD NEWS.Great sounds dont have to cost a fortune.At the prices being offered you know they understand that.It would be nice to hear from others,but only your ears will let you know how well they are.Good Luck
I very happily ran the Tekton Uruz for 15 months with a Larry Moore 300B amp. The 1st 3 months I was actually doubting my ears "are they really this good at this price". Did a couple of shootouts with other well respected speakers and ended up with the Uruz. I never heard the human voice or acoustic instruments sound so natural. Eric is a gem of a guy and builds very good speakers to his price point. Don't know what your system is or your musical preferences, but can't imagine that you would be disappointed with the Kats Meow.
Lately I've been listening to a lot of Brazilian popular music from the late 60's through the 80's because of the vocals. This music is also mostly acoustic. I also enjoy jazz like Joshua Redman, Cassandra Wilson, Pink Martini and also some Bluegrass. My B&W CM7's are less than a year old, and I would keep them unless I'm completely blown away by Fostex drivers. I've never heard them before but have been reading a lot about them lately.

I'll have to think this out a little while longer and maybe I'll bite the bullet and get a pair. My room is around 12 x 24 so I'll need at least the kat's Meow to do it justice. I'll let you guys know if I do it.