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Legacy Aeris vs Tekton Ulfberht vs Triton Reference

Just curious if anyone out there could provide their own personal opinion on these three fine loudspeakers in comparison with each other.
Anyone listen to them in some fashion? Pick or choice one or the other for some reason?

Lay it on me if you have. 

I currently on the Tekton Double Impacts. Frankly I am not disappointed in them for the price I paid. But I am starting to get the itch....and I have always lusted over owning a pair of Legacy Audio speakers. Admittedly that before I had real world experience with the DIs. So that muddies the waters.  

Then came along the big boy Tekton Ulfberht. I am reluctant to upgrade to those over the DIs worried I won't really appreciate the sonic upgrade as much. But maybe I'm wrong there.

I am also curious about the Triton Reference, and how they might compare. I like the idea of having a loudspeaker with a powered subwoofer(Triton and Aeries) as the Primaluna HP and tubes don't seem to provide the same bottom end smack as the Parasound A31 I also use. 


yes, i realize the Aeries are in a different league price wise. But everyone, me included, who own Tektons understand their value and the 9-12K Ulfberhts have previously been compared to speakers well above their price point. So I am open to a wider price gap as needed. 

My main system components:
Tekton DI
Primaluna Dialogue HP Integrated amp
PS Audio Directstream DAC for digital
VPI Prime turntable with Soundmith Zephr MIMC star for analog. 


whacky
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millercarbon
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I'd narrowed my search down to Ulfs. Was pretty much ready to order Ulfs. Called Terry since he had a pair, and had also reviewed Moabs. Immediately he said get the Moabs. Very nearly the same in every way just the Ulfs have a tiny bit better bass, in the small mid bass region covered by the extra drivers. Doesn't regret having his but just not worth the 2X upcharge. Pestered him with questions. Like I said, pretty much had my mind made up to get Ulfs. Terry talked me out of them. Not by saying anything negative about the Ulfs. Simply they are twice the price but only slightly better. 

I got a similar impression, albeit indirectly, from Eric. Rather than asking about a direct comparison I was asking him about the drivers and caps etc used. He said the Ulf does use a better tweeter. But also said you would probably not be able to hear the difference- but its there. His exact words. 

Consequently as I put it to Terry, the Ulf is better. But for the same money I could have Moabs and a Raven Osprey, which together would be better than the Ulf with my Melody. So its the classic yeah its better but do you want the best in value or a little better but twice the price?

Either way they are all a huge step up from DI.


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whacky OP
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@millercarbon 
So did you end up buying the Moabs? 
Either way, that is super helpful insight. Thank you for sharing that info. 
The UFs are physically massive and would be quite a stretch for my significant other to swallow in our average sized 19x12  x 10 ft ceiling movie/listening room.

Now after checking the Tekton website, I'm curious where the Encore model fits in between the Moab and the UFs sonically...and more importantly, how either the moab or encore fare against the above mentioned Triton and Legacy units. 
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millercarbon
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Size difference to me seems an insignificant few inches here or there. Compare dims they are pretty close. My impression is the top three are close enough electronics matter more and so you would have to have them side by side in the same system, and even then its no guarantee which one any given person would prefer. Terry does like the Ulfs more, and unfortunately we never even talked about Encores. If you are really close I would ask teajay and then ultimately maybe even call and ask Eric. Hard to see how you go wrong with any of the three.

The others, without hearing any of them I go by reviews and impressions, and sensitivity is a biggie, and so those others never even made my radar. Or at any rate not memorably. Search around though I'm sure there's comments from people who have owned them all. Its just a matter of sifting through all the threads....
douglas_schroeder
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A consideration; were you to get the Legacy Aeris configured as my Legacy Whispers,  with capacity to be run either active or passive, perhaps even hybrid, you would have a wealth of system building options. Whisper peakers reviewed for Dagogo.com 
Having entire system configurations at your disposal is an advantage not available to most speakers.  
Feel free to see my system and inquire through message.  
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The Encore's are more refined than the Moab's. Erik will tell you this himself. I have a pair of Encore's but havent used em yet. Definitely a 2 Man operation at about 150 Lb's each. The FEDEX driver was looking at me with Murder in his eyes when he had to drop those off  :)
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