Tekton DI's or Klipsch Forte III

I have heard neither, though done some reading on both at different times as I mulled over my own speaker change decisions. Just today I heard a Youtube review on the Tekton DI by Thomas & stereo. He really likes the DI, but says they wouldn’t be his end game speaker because they don’t have the detail and resolution of his favorite speakers.

My opinion is that with the off-the-shelf paper woofers they have, the Klipsch might have superior detail over the Tektons.  It might be worth it for you to look up the Thomas & Stereo review on the Tektons.

213runnin,
i was thinking that myself, the Klipsch, I may be no audiophile, but I like the Fortes, a lot. I was thinking I’d get more “forte” (for lack of a better term) with the Tektons, that’s the question.

none of the above

Thomas & Stereo, as I remember from watching the review months ago, said that the reason it was not the speaker for him is because he likes an ultra resolving speaker, that he likes to hear the singers lips smack and to hear them breathe. He makes a point of bringing this up in his reviews and he indicates that this is his preference and not how music sounds "live".

That's what I got out of it as well. 

Tekton's approach of minimizing mass by using lots of low mass small tweeters to do the job of one high mass midrange sure sounds like a winner. Its the exact same idea with moving coil, and the even better fixed coil moving iron approach is even better due mainly to its greatly reduced moving mass.

Really want to get my ears on one but for now all the reviews sure have me hopeful. Listening to YouTube on ear phones or even a laptop turns out not to be the joke you might think it would be. Listening to Koetsu and Herron on YouTube helped me pull the trigger, and lo and behold heard the same sonic traits in my room I'd heard first on-line. Okay maybe I'm just an exceptionally talented listener. Right. As if. 

Go on line, listen to the reviews AND how they sound, I think you will find something of the character of the speaker even with all the room and mic and everything else still manages to get through. Especially if you listen to a few with Tekton, and a few with Klipsch, after a while you should be able to figure it out.

All the Tektons I've heard on-line are similar in that they all project an incredibly real and full and lifelike midrange. Dynamics and everything else just seems to come across as not just really dynamic, but dynamic in a very free and natural way that makes everything else seem to have a hard edge by comparison.

Some guys like the hard edge. Confuse it with detail, is my opinion. Whatever. Point is you always go and listen. For yourself. Can't, in person? Then, on-line.

Jetter,excellent advice, I'll get the headphones out and start my homework!

Millercarbon sounds really enthusiastic about Tekton, but I’ll beg to differ that you can get an accurate idea on how a speaker sounds with YouTube videos,  there’s just too many variables.

the only way to get an accurate picture is to have the speakers in your room with your gear.  Some like Tekton, some don’t, but you will never know until you try.  That’s why they offer an in home trial.

Right.

I noticed the YouTube thing quite by accident. Listening to a suggested video of a record being played first thing I noticed the sound was quite a bit different than the usual YouTube sound. Of course as we all know, its impossible for anyone to remember complex blah blah, sorry where was I? Oh yeah, so first I went and found a couple videos with the same music and yeah, sure enough, the vinyl sound comes through distinct from the CD sound even on a laptop. Huh.

So there's a channel Let There Be Sound and its all just records playing, only he lists the cartridge, phono stage, etc. Takes a while but listen to enough you get a sense for what character is in common even though the records are all different.

Now I know this is gonna be a hard sell what with most guys out there convinced you have to play the same old same old over and over again everything exactly the same.... sorry, not at all true. Oh it might be a good approach in the beginning when you can hardly hear at all, or when you're stuck in the rut of "no such thing as auditory memory" or whatever. But its a trap and a crutch. Get away from that as fast as you can!

This channel was fascinating especially because at the time I was already pretty keen on Koetsu and Herron, but unable to audition either one. Well this guy had the same Koetsu and the same Herron on different arms and tables, and then sometimes a different cartridge with the Herron and... well you get the picture. It was just like what you would do at home, only on-line. Only a matter of time and listening and I was able to get a pretty good handle on the sonic character of these components.

Then when I did get them home of course they sound nothing like they did on my laptop. And yet they did sound a lot like I expected them to, based on what I heard on the laptop.

In fact this is a really good exercise for anyone serious about becoming a good listener and building a really satisfying music system. Because the two go hand in hand. Never in my life have I met a guy with a great system who was also not a great listener. I doubt it ever happens. Money has very little to do with it. The better listener you are the better and faster you'll progress with your system. 

This is pretty much what Michael Fremer is doing, recording cartridges. And he is, I think we would all agree, a pretty good listener.

That’s all well and good, but you need the speakers in your room connected to your system to get an accurate picture of what they sound like.

You could go for the Cornwall IV that just came out if you are looking for a bigger sounding Forte. It is more expensive though

I have a Carver 6200 driving 1974 Large Advents.  Was looking at Klipsch Heritage Forte IV but I am being pulled by the reviews and specs on the Tekton Pendragon.  They appear to be better than Klipsch at half the price.  I agree that hearing them in your home is the true test but I would like to do my own comparison with my ears before laying down that much cash. 

Hope the OP came to his senses.

What should his senses say?