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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
I have an update on the omen vs. lore thing. if you guys go ... Sebrof
05-07-11
Sebrof: this is excellent! thank you so much for your time ... Gpowered
05-07-11: Slowgeezr
Hi everyone, I'm one of Mike's (Sebrof) friends who joined in comparing the Zu Omens and the Tekton Lore speakers last night. I'd like to offer to you my impression of both speakers. I tried to not have any expectation bias affect my judgements, but I must say that I had heard the Omens and Mike's Katz Meow V1 a few weeks ago and I preferred the Katz in Mike's relatively small listening room. I told Mike then, that I thought the Omens were too boxy sounding to me. Regardless, I tried my best to be honest to myself with what I would be listening to last night.
First up were the Lores. I'm not going to comment on how they sounded with the first amp, but I was not impressed. Once we changed amps, the sound improved tremendously. Now, the Lores sounded great! They didn't have the deepest bass, but what bass they had was very musical. The midrange and treble were beautiful and the staging, both width and depth, were very good. I thought drums sounded very authentic and had the correct snap. The vocals were very good, with good air and texture, which gave a believability to the sound. What impressed me most about the speaker was the overall presentation was coherent, that is, one aspect didn't take away from the rest of the sound. I believe the designer made the correct trade off regarding bass extension with musicality for this speaker. In my opinion, this speaker is definitely worth the money asked for it and I believe that one would have to spend one or two multiples of the Lore's asking price to approach its performance.
Next, we listened to the Omens. The first thing I noticed was the the sound came from a darker place, like it was escaping. It didn't seem to be as open and airy as the Lores. But, it still seemed nice, with the first musical selection. As we listened to more and more music, it became apparent to me, that the bass sounded too "one-notey" or "thudy" (how do you like my technical terms?) Though the bass was deeper, it was not as musical as with the Lores. This same type of sound also appeared on a specific drum beat, that became annoying to me. In other words, it detracted from the overall coherency of the sound. To my ears, the designer of this speaker opted for maximum frequency range of the bass and bass wallop, instead of more musical, less deep bass, as in the Lore. I also believe the enclosure needs more stiffening, as it does have a somewhat boxey sound that it never quite escapes. The midrange and treble did not seem quite as revealing as with the Lores, but they were quite good. Imaging seemed good, also.
It may look I am being hyper critical of the Omens, but I'm just trying to be as honest as I can with my personal review of these speakers and to pinpoint the differences that I heard. Also, we set both speakers in the same position and this position may not have been optimal for the Zu. Also, the Zu is a bottom ported speaker and we did not play with the spikes to see what differences we may have heard. It is entirely possible that with much more time for placement and adjustment, the Zus may have sounded better to me.
Slowgeezr (Answers | This Thread)
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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