Efficient speaker: Zu, Tekton, Volti, Klipsch, Fleetwood?


We’re moving and I’m looking for a high-efficiency, high impedance speaker that can fill a very large “great room” with smooth, open, detailed sound, both for serious listening and casual background music. I currently have Devore Super 9s, but those will be going in a separate dedicated listening room. I thought about getting another pair of Devores (maybe the O/93) for the great room because I love this brand, but I’m interested in other possibilities The new speakers will be on either side of a 6-foot TV console, so they’ll need to sound good fairly close to the wall behind them. And they will need to have a reasonably good WAF. They will be played mainly at low-moderate sound levels and our tastes include rock, classical, world music and “spa” type relaxation stuff.

Anyone who is familiar with any of the following candidates, please feel free to sound off. As you can see, price ranges are all over the place:

Zu Soul Supreme

Tekton Lore

Volti Razz

Klipsch Forte IV

Fleetwood Deville

Others?

128x128ladok

Don't know what you mean by "fan boy," I have no dog in the hunt, just looking for useful, helpful information.

price ranges are all over the place: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I paid less than $1G. I have zero complainst on performance. My speakers are not in your high priced list. Spend more = get less ~~~is my mantra Another one of my mantras is ~~~ how least can I spend to achieve the best sound possible. Experiements are costly, but pay off is the jack pot Lotto winnings.
ladok OP

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missioncoonery I went back through this thread. Three of the negative Tekton comments had to do with their efficiency not being as high as advertised, with Stereophile test confirming. As far as I can tell, only two of the negative posters actually listened to a Tekton, but to what extent and under what conditions is unknown. Two other posters actually own a Tekton and love them.

@ladok as you can tell from looking at his posts, that’s all he does. I’m all for calling out the over the top owners who make wild and outrageous statements about how great Tekton speakers are at the same time calling out the trolls like @missioncoonery who is out of control in their hatred of the brand.

I own DI’s from Tekton, I wrote a fairly long review of them some months back. I think I’m pretty fair in how I look at the speakers and in fact a bit on the more reserved side in showing how I feel about them and the company. Ignore the nonsense here, I’m all for listening to as many speakers as you can and there is something to be said for what you get for your money for Tekton. In fact, I can’t think of many other speakers that deliver as much for the money.

One thing to keep in mind though, I don't think Tekton speakers are as efficient as they state but that can go for many other speakers too.