Best tower speakers in the 2-3k range?

Another excellent speaker recommendation . I have a few friends that have the Sierra Towers and they're very happy with them. I had the Sierra-1s before the Songtowers and I enjoyed them very much.

Bill

 

I should add that I've also heard the Salk Songtowers and I really, really like them. Well made. Very smooth and musical. Not much full range action though. A much smaller soundstage than the Pendragons. Great for smaller rooms though. I think the Salk stuff is very impressive.

I could be happy with a pair.

 

I'm really loving the Egglestonworks Emmas at $3500 a pair.

 

the enzo's are step up above the lore's and a notch down of the Pendragons, correct?

 

I think that's where they fall in the line. Not sure though. I need to read up on the Enzos. They came out right after I got the Pendragons.

 

What are they like to drive? I used to use Savoys and Andras, and they tended to want very high-powered solid-state amplification (I used Pass Labs, but friends have used Krell and Perreaux with good results). I remember being forced to use Manley Neo Classic monoblocks with the Andras once, and it was a total failure.

 

I would agree, plus they are ugly with a corny name.

 

I had the Enzos and then bought the Pendragons and sold the Enzos. The Enzos are incredibly highly resolving but the Pendragons are warmer and with a bigger sound. I found the Enzos fatiguing but that was most likely due to my Nordost cabling that I'm looking to get rid of now.

 

Yes. Not my cup of tea as a complete speaker system, but most of the B&W products are of excellent quality, certainly those from the CM series and up. They will work fine with a pair of small subs. You could do a lot worse...
-Bill

 

The only Tekton products I have heard were a small speaker and despite being a bit of an internet forum sensation, were horrible sounding. I'd stick with the B&W and your local dealer.
-Bill

 

I would recommend doing some research regarding their customer service, which appears to be lacking.....

 

I'd throw Proac into the ring especially 2nd hand.

 

I've never heard these, but man they are gorgeous speakers!

 

When I was first shopping for speakers the Tekton Lores were on my short list, however after researching a few popular forums and people complaining that it was taking 6-8 months to get their speakers, combined with QA issues such as grills not ever coming, or shipping separately and then to find out no grill holes were drilled, etc. I quickly turned my attention elsewhere as I wanted to be listening to my speakers within a decent time period, because no matter how good they were 6 months was way too long for me. The consensus and repetitive remarks throughout the conversations were ... if Eric say 6 weeks, he really means 6 months to a year and he has been known to not ship everything that was paid for such as grills.

I instead went with Omega and am happy I did as I really became a fan of the single driver soundstage, speed and imaging. Not too mention excellent customer service and my speakers were shipped within the estimated timeline.

edit ~ I would like to mention that this was 2 years ago and I'm not sure if there were improvememnts made to Tekton's QA and customer service over this time period ... BUT I would research this out to see if this is still going on before I gave him any money.

 

It's fixed. I've ordered two sets of speakers from him in the last 6 months and both shipped same day.

 

New Cm9's in the house

 

You use multiple tweeters to increase the output so that it matches the output of the (2) bass drivers. this way no L-pad resistors are needed to cut / level match the drivers. This makes the speaker as efficient a possible.
I have been intrigued by the Tekton range because it is one of the few brands that offer traditional big box woofers sizes.
The tweeters (SB acoustics ring radiators) are smokin' good tweeters and used in the DIY mobile audiophile and home DIY speaker communities.
However the bass drivers are in the tradition of the Zu brand which use efficient PA / pro drivers. In the Tekton's case these appear to be 10" Eminence bass guitar speakers. This gives them some ability to have lower midrange output (hopefully) capable of meeting the low end of the SB acoustics tweeters (est 2.5Khz) without leaving a big hole in the frequency response or straining the tweeter to reach too low. The problem is that by nature of the driver's size (10" diameter) it will start beaming (becoming directional) at 1300Hz.
Unconventional speaker design to be sure, similar but likely better than the Zu design.
While I would love to hear them and bet they would sound interesting (at least) I had a difficult enough time picking among speakers during auditions let alone picking one that I had never heard.
Maybe someday I'll DIY a set. The drivers are fairly inexpensive.

 

I just get IMG, but I assume others can see the photo. When I try to get the image to load, I get:

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Hey! That worked!! Did you do anything different?

Now, you just need to add a massive Christmas tree right between the speakers, and a keg of beer by the side of the sofa, and you should be set!

What are the room dimensions? Looks like you have a lot of options with regard to placement. I generally like to work with odd ratios (1/3, 1/5, 1/7, etc.) to start with, and fine tune from there.

I see a lot of late nights in your future!

 

haha thanks man. i just took the pic i took on my phone and uploaded it to imgur.

yea you know ive got the beer in a fridge down here, gotta make sure that's covered

honestly i don't know the dimensions off the top of my head. im definitely going to be trying to find the placement i want cuz lucky enough i have a good amount of room. but before that im going to try to implement some room treatments on the back wall behind the speakers and then i'll go from there.

very happy with my purchase, ive been talking to my dealer since wednesday and they are really good with their customers, ended up paying today and they delivered them to my house an hour later! good christmas indeed.

 

Congrats on the CM9s. I have a Totem Storm sub with them and it sounds wonderful.

 

do you by any chance buy through Stuart's Audio because we have a lot of gear from the same brands

 

No. Hippos in Albany.