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Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time"

Just got in house for review for hometheaterreview.com Tekton Design’s new, The Perfect SET, which is close to 100dB efficient and never dips below 8 ohms, which Eric built to be used with SET "flea watt" amplifiers. It is a front ported design using a 12 inch woofer and his patented array of small transducers that function as a midrange driver with a single tweeter in the middle. I set them up in a system with a great 2A3 SET amplifier and found them so superlative I did not stop listening for over five hours! Taking about "goosebump time" the music was so beautiful that
I lost track of time.

These speakers have all the virtues of the other Tekton speakers, speed, utter transparency/micro-details, great soundstaging, and that special "aliveness" that I experience when I listen to my Ulf’s. What really amazed me was what the Perfect SET was delivering on the bottom end frequencies, subterrainian/taut powerful bass, that was shaking the room, all coming from at most 2.5 to 3 watts.

If you love SET amplifiers this speaker is a match made in heaven, and remember this pair just arrived and is not totally burnt in yet.

teajay
mr_m
1,900 posts
 
All it took was a designer and one rogue reviewer to tell the world that Tekton speakers were better than anything else at almost any price. What kind of response did they expect??? They were put under the microscope and closely scrutinized. The reality was they couldn't deliver. I am not a businessman, but I would think a bit more modest approach would have served them much better in the long run. IMO
mofojo
2,161 posts
 
If you put some Tektons in a blind shootout with some of the major brands in a higher price bracket I believe they would do very well. The things they do very well I find unmatched by most other speakers being dynamics, mid bass punch, and speed. 
mikirob
955 posts
 
Mr m
it wasn't one rogue reviewer. Tekton has stellar reviews from Positive Feedback, Stereo Times, Reichert of Stereophile, Steve Gutenberg, Steve Smith...and many other reviewers...mostly echo teajay, many of whom bought the speakers. Best, mikirob 
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