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goraman
13-10-2011, 01:14
:ner:
http://www.tektondesign.com/lore.html
I upgraded to gold speaker spikes,the Ferrari white paint will look nice with the gold tweeter. (also a clarity cap upgrade)
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=240-718
They will ship in about a week.


98db.@ $999.00 U.S.!!!:cool:
30hz. to 30khz.
8 ohm.
REVIEW:
http://forums.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?rspkr&1306118085&read&d14&zzlSense63&&

Alex_UK
13-10-2011, 06:02
Hi Jeff, hope you're well mate - not seen you about for a bit so hope all is good with you.

Lovely looking speakers - I'm sure they will sound fab too. Never heard of them, but they look very good value for money. (Ferrari white, hey? Cool! :eyebrows:)

MartinT
13-10-2011, 06:44
Hi Jeff

Gold spikes, eh? That should improve . . . err . . . something :lol:
Well done mate, let us know how they sound.

DSJR
13-10-2011, 06:46
Hope you enjoy these. I bet the price would double if they were imported here :(

goraman
14-10-2011, 02:04
Thanks guys, I gave up the idea of building a pair of super high efficiency speakers.
To much $$$ ,time and work.
And they would never sound this good.

goraman
14-10-2011, 02:10
Hi Jeff

Gold spikes, eh? That should improve . . . err . . . something :lol:
Well done mate, let us know how they sound.

They will look better and there a little taller,bringing the drivers closer to my seating height so they just may improve the sound a little.

I can't wait!

goraman
21-10-2011, 04:51
The wait is killing me,they should be shipping in a couple of days.

MartinT
21-10-2011, 04:55
Patience will reward you, Jeff :)

Tarzan
21-10-2011, 06:15
Review! Review!:worthless:

goraman
21-10-2011, 16:25
Getting closer
http://www.fedex.com/Tracking/MultiPiece?clienttype=ivother&mpNum=272136915002862&mpCurrentPage=&ascend_header=1&mpType=mps&lastView=272136915002862&cntry_code=us&language=english&mpRequestTrackNum=272136915002862&tracknumber_list=272136915002862&mi=n

Thing Fish
21-10-2011, 18:44
:popcorn:

goraman
25-10-2011, 04:31
Tomarrow!!

Effem
25-10-2011, 19:18
I feel for you bro :yesbruv:

Got a new pair of speaks on the way too and hopefully the doorbell will ring tomorrow when the delivery man arrives :)

jostber
25-10-2011, 19:56
I got my new speakers a week ago and it was worth the wait! :)

goraman
25-10-2011, 23:00
Running them in a little,
No more need for my Epos subwoofer.
These things are truly amazing.
compleate review to follow when I get over the jaw dropping slobber phase.

goraman
26-10-2011, 06:11
A quick cell picture.
These are unbelievable,
They are simply ruler flat into the 30's.
The best speakers I have ever owned and better than I have ever heard including AN E's and Zingalli's .
Better sound stage than even my Sound Labs.
And at 98 db. @ 1 watt 8 ohm. any amp can drive them, 4watts x 2 shakes the walls!
My amp is 18 to 20 watts x2 in triode depending on the tubes and how high there biased. 18 RMS is a real world number and I run the volume at 9:00 O clock a 1/4 turn of the knob!
The T.V, is 65 inch to give you some prospective ,speakers are 6 ft. apart.

MartinT
26-10-2011, 06:15
I love the child-proof cage. Or is that to keep everyone out? :lol:

Ali Tait
26-10-2011, 08:39
Yes. He has it hooked up to the mains. :lol:

Macca
26-10-2011, 12:08
Only the American mains - not half as scary

MartinT
26-10-2011, 15:02
110V x 2 = 220V = not half.

QED :)

goraman
26-10-2011, 15:21
I love the child-proof cage. Or is that to keep everyone out? :lol:

My 2 year old has defeated it at least once already.
I've made it pretty clear it is off limits.

I'm hopeful he will leave them be.

goraman
26-10-2011, 15:36
Only the American mains - not half as scary

120v dosen't kick you off,I was once removing metal base board from metal walls in a high school with a crow bar to expand hall ways after a fire.
The idiot who ran the wiring took a huge short cut and ran single insulated 14 awg much like speaker wire between the base and wall.

They where supposed to use double insulated through an interior channel in the middle of the walls.
Carpet had already been removed and when I popped up the base it cut into the wire,the run was to long to trip the breaker and I welded a 2 foot line on the wall before the wire burned through and broke contact,It through sparks into the next room! you cant let go of 120 but 220 kicks you off.

Every muscle in my body hurt for over a week.
I get that 220 and 240 is more voltage but 20 amps is 20 amps and thats what does you in!not the voltage.

Reid Malenfant
26-10-2011, 17:50
Aye it's current that kills i'll agree, but with a higher voltage (electro motive force) there is generally a higher current flowing through you. Depends if you are sweaty or not - best to stay ice cool & not sweat in all honesty :eyebrows:

Bodies offer a certain resistance so a higher voltage say 240V as opposed to 120V with the same resistance will force double the current & thus four times as much power through you :(


Glad to see you have your new speaker Jeff :)

Macca
26-10-2011, 23:22
Glad to see you have your new speaker Jeff :)

Yeah review eagerly anticipated. They look the business :)

goraman
27-10-2011, 02:07
Aye it's current that kills i'll agree, but with a higher voltage (electro motive force) there is generally a higher current flowing through you. Depends if you are sweaty or not - best to stay ice cool & not sweat in all honesty :eyebrows:

Bodies offer a certain resistance so a higher voltage say 240V as opposed to 120V with the same resistance will force double the current & thus four times as much power through you :(


Glad to see you have your new speaker Jeff :)

YIPES!!! 4X more current!!!:stalks:

goraman
27-10-2011, 04:44
Seriously?
With the volume at 12:00 in triode.
A very usable 20hz. at well under 10 watts.

MartinT
27-10-2011, 05:24
YIPES!!! 4X more current!!!:stalks:

No - four times the power :)

goraman
27-10-2011, 06:19
No - four times the power :)

Got it...
Still pretty scary stuff, pretty screwed up if a young British kidlet puts a knife or a nail in the business hole of a wall plate.

:wowzer:

MartinT
27-10-2011, 07:15
That's why our sockets have shutters. Unless the Earth pin goes in first, it's pretty much impossible to do.

Much safer than the Continental European system.

goraman
28-10-2011, 01:54
How menny hours should you spend breaking in new speakers before you review them?
I have played every odd thinkable album,even late at night at low volume just to keep them running in.

Ali Tait
28-10-2011, 11:38
High sensitivity drivers can take up to a few hundred hours to run in, so be patient!