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Tekton- HOT- Pendragon-SE First Impressions
I got the outriggers from soundcity speaker outriggers for under$300They give a nice improvement of the bass and imaging. 
Zu Omen or Tekton Lore
Eric just announced my SE Pendragons will be with m in a week.Eric new custom drivers and he now has some New crossoverAdditions tell this will be very good.i have modded crossovers for yearsThe new Duelund resistors are the best by far Ever made,... 
Anyone heard the new Jupiter HT Beeswax caps
The new Jupiter caps are Excellent for loudspeakers the flat stack are ever better and more resolved then the round HT caps.and are rated roughly a 12 .i have used Mundorf silver oil ,also a very good the reason I likeThe Jupiter is they Are more ... 
Preamps waste of money?
I can tell you first hand having a very expensive Ayon preamp I borrowed ,the Nad-M51 digital vlume is 35 bitand to get a -66 db signal before truncation it is impossible to hear in this case this digital direct output is one of the best out there... 
Zu Omen Defs vs Tekton Pendragons
Before spending another dime on the Zu speakers the New Tekton Pendragon - SE is in another league,using great componentsNo full range band drivers,the cabinets are a bit shorted around 52 inches tall. The drivers are excellent A pair of Seas 8 in... 
Tekton Lore - anyone upgrade the capacitors?
I can tell you without hesitation the Mundorf Silver oil upgrade is well worth it.i have literally several thousand hours in upgrading Xovers in the past.These capacitors are huge so breakin time is a minimum of 200 hoursAnd a full 400 to fully se... 
Review: NAD m51 DA converter
For the aftermarket fuse buy a Hifi tuning Supreme fuse 1A slow blow20mm.slow blow 
Zu Omen Defs vs Tekton Pendragons
Don 't forget the -New Tekton Pendragon -SE which use totally different drivers.the SE model is slightly smaller 53 inches X 10 w X 13 d.The mid- woofers are custom 8 inch models from the Seas Prestige line And the Tweeters are Scanspeak ring radi... 
Need efficient floor-stander for 2a3
I f you are looking for a refined Pendragon Tektons New SE modelIs slightly smaller at 53 T x 10 w X 13 d. This model is using ScanspeakRing radiator tweeters , and Seas 8 inch drivers custom from their Prestige line this one starts at $3k. ,and I... 
Best Speaker matches for Parasound Halo JC-1's ?
What Rob 2 was saying about the Tekton Pendragons was spot on the Parasound Halo CJ-1,or even the A-21the CJ-1 runs in pure class-AFor the first 25 watts .the Pendragon is one of those speakers that is a4 ohm load that is 95 db @1watt.meaning you ... 
Review: NAD m51 DA converter
If you own the Nad-M51. Here are a few tweaks hat work.To stat buy a quality power cord $3-400 is what I insider pretty good On average,the fuse on the back is a Huge bottleneck steel fuses have 8x the resistance than the Hifi tuning Supreme fuse ... 
Review: Tekton Pendragon Speakers
The new Pendragon-SE are a bit smaller and are more room friendly.I ordered these with every option just out since Sept.The Drivers are custom version 8 inch from Seas from their Prestige line.for the Tweeters there are still 3 in between the 8 in... 
Review: NAD m51 DA converter
I recently purchased the Nad-M51 it is very good ,I have owned the Bryston Dac and this dac is more resolved and involving.i recently owned the Ayon Skylla-2 dac and the nadm51 with th Bryston digital player I purchasedIs actually more detailed an... 
Audio fuses
My freind also tried the synergistic vs the hifi tuning supreme and he felt the Hifituning gave better resolution and air,and the synergistic gave his parasound halo amp a bit more warmth. 
Power cord..CDP or AMPLIFIER?
It is funny you mentioned the Lacey power cords .I was looking for a power strip and Lacey makes super good quality Power blocks using Synergistic research Quantum outlets and precisionParts well worth the money .they come with one of their power ...