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04-23-11
Individual taste and expectations have a lot to do with perc ... Zmanastronomy
04-23-11
Hey sebrof, i started with the omen, then got a pair of ome ... Telescope_trade
04-24-11
Ok gpowered i guees i should have added a :) after my attemp ... Cwazz
04-24-11
Interesting enough, gpowered having kirksaeters. i use the ... Mt10425
04-24-11
Omens congested suggest they were probably not set up right. ... Telescope_trade
04-24-11
Could be a setup issue. i found them i bit bright too. Mt10425
04-24-11
Mt, sounds like it as mine are on the warmer side of neutr ... Telescope_trade
04-24-11
Yeah, my standard omens are not perfect, but almost the oppo ... Sebrof
05-01-11
Hi. i need your help kind of. i can't seem to get onto tekt ... Cpapace
05-01-11
I am not having any trouble accessing the new tekton website ... Gpowered
05-01-11
I noticed that i can't enter the website either. it says the ... Zmanastronomy
05-01-11
I got on early this morning and noticed the new layout. nice ... Sebrof
05-01-11
No problem here either. too bad about the price going back t ... Roscoeiii
05-02-11
Does anyone have any pictures of the satin options? i really ... Jacobabacon
05-02-11
Lots of pics of the black around. someone posted pics of th ... Sebrof
05-02-11
You can get the black, red, white and blue in satin as a sta ... Gpowered
05-03-11
I'm pretty sure one of the videos shows him making one of th ... Genjamon
05-03-11
How much extra is the gloss? Aberyclark
05-03-11
$250 extra for a gloss - he said it adds quite a but of labo ... Gpowered
05-06-11
Anyone else wanna send me some pics of their systems with th ... Jacobabacon
05-06-11
More pics will be back on tektons site shortley Cpapace
05-07-11: Sebrof
I have an update on the Omen vs. Lore thing.
If you guys go back over my posts in this thread you’ll read that last year I received a pair of Tekton Katz Meow V1. My first full rangers and I loved them, still do. In December I received a pair of Zu Omens. Love them too. I could easily live with either pair. I received* a pair of Lores about a week ago and after breaking them in I compared them to my Omens.
In my small room (12’ x 13’) with my 2A3 SET, I played a variety of music on both speakers. There was plenty of bass from both (not unusual in my small room), but the bass from the Lores sounded tighter and a little more tuneful. It was easier to follow bass lines in songs, the notes were more distinct. Also on the Omens, at times it seemed as if the bass was wandering into the midrange and interfered with the clarity of vocals in particular. The Omens sounded very full, but not quite as clear as the Lores. When I played complex music loud, the Lores held together and gave a real solid presentation, they were fun to listen to. They seemed to be an easier load for my amp.
Last night I brought the Omens and the Lores to a friend’s house (oh, my back!) that has a bigger room at about 18’ x 14’ or so. We first hooked the Lores up to his tube preamp and Carver amp (400+ watts into 8 ohms or something ridiculous). It was not a good match, so after a couple of songs we decided to swap in a 100 watt EL34 beast. Much much better. We played a bunch of music and took mental notes. We swapped the Omens in and played the same music. A lot of my notes from my small room applied here as well. The difference in bass was more noticeable in the larger room, with the Omens able to fill the space a little better. But as in my room, the bass on the Lores was tighter and also more musical. Also, I suspect because we were playing louder to fill the larger room, the differences in cabinets became more apparent. Vocals on the Omens were not as smooth as the Lores. For example Norah Jones sounded silky smooth on the Lores, but not on the Omens.
All in all I am very impressed with the Lores. I tried to give each speaker a fair shake and put them in different systems, rooms, and playing different music. Myself and my 2 audio friends all had pretty much the same impressions. We all liked both speakers but there were a few things the Lores did that we liked a little better.
*In the interest of full disclosure - Eric heard that I had Katz and Omens and that I liked them both, and asked me if he could send me a pair of Lores because he was curious to get my impressions of both speakers. He said that after I broke them in and compared, I would send them back or if I wanted I could buy them at market value (this pair is B Stock due to a small blemish on the top of one speaker).
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05-07-11
Sebrof: this is excellent! thank you so much for your time ... Gpowered
05-07-11
Hi everyone, i'm one of mike's (sebrof) friends who joined i ... Slowgeezr
05-07-11
I might add that if given more time with the lore, you could ... Zmanastronomy
05-07-11
Hi, just want to make one observation regarding the omens. ... Telescope_trade
05-07-11
05-07-11: gpowered now, from your “to the point” review, it ... Sebrof
05-07-11
05-07-11: telescope_trade hi, just want to make one observa ... Sebrof
05-07-11
"also, interesting there are these differences, since b ... Sebrof
05-08-11
Hi to all, i'm the guy with the room and bad sounding amp th ... Sbonamo
05-08-11
Re: "i think it's safe to say they are similar but not ... Gpowered
05-08-11
Anyone in chicago with lores who wants to compare them to zu ... Roscoeiii
05-08-11
Finally, and hopefully, some of you guys won't think i am a ... Gpowered
05-08-11
I would say the comments from the comparisons these guys mad ... Genjamon
05-08-11
Look forward to those comparisons with the horn shoppes (my ... Roscoeiii
05-09-11
Hey guys love the comparisons!! with the bass level for the ... Jacobabacon
05-09-11
Jacobabacon - when we had the 100 watt tube amp with the lor ... Sebrof
05-09-11
Well, i would say i've listened to some pretty heavy rock on ... Genjamon
05-13-11
I recently received my lore speakers connected to the triode ... Sevenseas7
05-14-11
Have you also tried the lore with your primaluna amp? i wou ... Genjamon
05-16-11
Hi genjamon, in fact i did connect the lore’s to the primalu ... Sevenseas7
05-17-11
I enjoy reading posts on this forum but have only posted a ... Irish
05-17-11
Simon, one of my clients just forwarded to me your audiogon ... Tektondesign
05-17-11
Let the games begin. Zmanastronomy
05-17-11
1985 bose vs. polk all over again. both great for the money ... Bjesien
05-17-11
Woohoo!! why doesn't this kind of stuff happen more often?? ... Devilboy
05-17-11
B.j. - great post. got anything more to contribute? Sebrof
05-18-11
Hahahaha.....i agree devil boy.....can't wait to hear more:) Morganc
05-18-11
Zu will likely not accept this challenge wishful thinking gu ... Gpowered
05-18-11
I'm actually not a fan of the adversarial direction this is ... Genjamon
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