The tektons are a fantastic speaker and yes it doesn't care what it plays.it is great at it all and reasonable priced.there are many large manufactures now copying his design.they will play louder or soft.call Eric at tekton and tell him what you want.they sell direct.that should get the party going.and yes I have a pro line array powered by crown 12000. That is what foreigner had on stage. 6 in a rack..my ker 11 could not keep up db wise.
which excels at Rock and Roll
Room is 14X14' No treatments, but, room currently sounds great. Amp PASS X250.8, Fritz Carbon 7se bookshelves, LA-4 preamp, SVS SB3000 sub, Bricasti M5 streamer, Meitner DAC, only Rock and Roll, 85 or so DB Considering used, Platimon VC 1, Arendal 15-28, Marten Oscar, Acora MRB-1, and Small tower, Devore Fidelity Gibbon super 9. There are others, but, I believe these would be the top contenders, USED? Any and all responses welcomed. Love my FRITZ and won't sell. Just considering the above. Thanks, Robert TN
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Very interesting reading all the posts. My main system (not the one in the earlier post) is JUST rock and roll also. My larger venue in my outside shop, 30X60' of which one third is devoted primarily for listening. 16' ceilings. Inside everything from motorcycles to excavators, mower, etc. How or why system sounds so great? It just does. Inside shop totally wrapped in 3/4" treated wood. Coda 8 V1, LA-4 pre amp, Bricasti m1 SE with network card, project CDT with LTA Linear power supply, nothing very high end cabling, A NEW from Tekton, specially made by Eric, special ENCORE with Italian woofers, and high end mid ranges with beryllium tweeters (all 175lb worth, my back will attest) and a pair of SVS SB 4000 subs, system all balanced. Qobus via audirvana. 3 separate circuits for most of the equipment. You should hear Thunderstruck, Nothing else matters, Stairway to Heaven etc. The reason I mention this, is, the earlier system I mentioned sounds great also, just wondering, HOW this system might sound with a different set of speakers, especially with the speakers suggested? Again the FRITZ are wonderful!, Just getting older and want to maybe try something a little different or better???? PS I had Pine TREE Audio, build me a very nice A/B switching box for the system in the shop. A is the ENCORES, B is an older pair of Double Impacts, which still kick ass, but, only touch the surface of the ENCORES. May end up just keeping the FRITZ in the smaller room and call it a day. Just curious I guess. Robert Really don't know if the other speakers are geared for me? that is the reason for the posts! |
@ghdprentice I agree. Electronic / prog. music has huge soundstage, very airy and ,yes, dynamics with my planars and Rythmik sub. Example, I dont know how Radiohead engineers their recordings, but it makes my systems adrenalin kick in. Certain jazz and most softer female voices sound wonderful too. Hard rock, piercing guitars not so much. My past Kilpsch towers with horns seemed to handle rock better, but horns tended to fatigue.
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@ghdprentice @deep_333 The issue you are dealing with is that of a limited sample size. Rock covers quite a range and for every recording that seems best reproduced by a certain speaker I can find one that flies in the face of it. Classical is every bit as demanding as rock (with similar sound pressures); rock requires every bit the resolution as required by classical or jazz or folk or electronia. The logical fallacy known as a limited sample size is causing your conclusions to be false. Its a very common conclusion! But if you have a decent speaker (IOW, deep_333, the recording you chose is showing up one speaker more than the other) then all genres will play equally well. If the speaker is lacking, all genres will play equally lacking, although as you have found, some recordings will come through better or suffer more according to that lack. But it will not be universal across the genre! I saw one person asking (seriously) what speaker favored downbeat 80s new wave once... Sheesh! |
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