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New Tekton Pendragons On The Way

I am quite thrilled and also quite nervous in having ordered a pair of the Pendragon speakers this afternoon. I am doing this mostly on the reviews and also after receiving communication from Eric Alexander, owner of Tekton Designs.

Let me go back a little. I recently changed the tubes in my Rogue Cronus Magnum integrated from the KT120 to EL34 tubes. I have fallen in love with the EL34 sound and now my present speakers sound thin unless really cranked. I attribute that to it's 89db sensitivity whereas the Pendragons have a 95 db sensitivity. This should give me a much fuller sound at lower volume levels.

This is my secondary system in my home office and I play it 8 hours a day so it gets much more use than my reference system downstairs in our living room. Many of the reviews both pro and consumer say it's the speaker for someone who loves music. So now the wait begins to receive them. Supposedly they keep this in stock now in the basic black finish which is what I got. I would be thrilled if I got them by the end of this week but that is pretty unrealistic I guess.

If anyone has experience with these speakers, I would especially like to hear. If anyone reading this has any thoughts, kindly post them.
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roxy54
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Stereo5,
Why not share your thoughts with the rest of us? There is a lot of interest in these speakers, and I would be interested in your impressions.
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I don't pretend to have any technical acoustic knowledge, but my speakers, Klipsch Epic CF-4s have (2) 12" woofers in a similar high-low arrangement like the Pendragons, with a horn in the center, and they are also not nearly as powerful in the bass as you'd expect by looking at them.
After using them happily for a few years, I was reading somewhere (can't recall where) that with one woofer higher and one lower, there is some sort of cancellation effect that lessens room modes, which I guess is good in some cases, like mine, since my room is 13'x11', but that may be the reason why they are not working well in your room.
Feel free to jump in here Al, and others who know a lot more than I do.
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Hi Al,
I have to agree with you. I actually bought a Mac 402 for these speakers after using a Mc 2105 for several years, and the effect on the bass was noticeable but not by much.
I now use an 8 watt Audio Note, and there is somewhat less drive, but the bass is still very satisfying for me, as I don't make loud, deep bass a priority. The speakers sound very balanced to me, but of course I can understand some wanting deeper bass output.
The drivers were indeed purpose-built for those speakers, and are very unusual in that the magnet is a powerful neodymium one as I recall, but it is quite small!
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Shakey,
Good question. I didn't even realize that it had happened until another member made me aware of it. I have no idea of how it happened at all. As far as I knew at the time, I was simply posting a general thread asking where Tvad was, since he hadn't posted lately.
On the other hand, I haven't asked Audiogon to fix it either, which I will do. Most of my occasional communications with them are back and forth tiffs about comments I make that they won't post.
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