Tekton Double Impact SE vs Kef R7 Meta

devinplombier - Yes, you should listen first and trash after, once you have a "real" data point. If you’ve never listened to a product, how can you dismiss it?

@jcatdcat that’s a fair point. 

With regard to Wilson speakers, I’ve heard Sasha, Sabrina, and watt puppies so I do have some basis in fact.

Now, to call them "trash" may be a bit of a rhetorical flourish; they are competent for the most part, but they’re still grossly overpriced (note that I didn’t say "expensive" because in my view there’s nothing wrong with expensive). Also, they’re fantastically ugly, except for the Sabrina, which is unassuming and plain.

As I’ve said, I will never give one red cent to businesses that threaten and intimidate reviewers whose reviews they deem insufficiently deferential, therefore I have little interest in seeking auditions of Tekton products.

If I ever own Tektons, they will have been bought used, and they will likely reside in my home theater. I have a double standard when it comes to home theater vs 2-channel.

I’m still curious why a number of folks who are otherwise not known to hold back on criticism praise tekton so highly; so if I run across a pair, I will sit down and listen with an open mind and see what the fuss is about.

devinplombier - Thanks for your honest and respectful response. As I've probably already noted, I to have listened to many very high end products over the years costing as much as $150K+, and like to think I've owned a few (Vandersteen, Sequerra and Martin Logan to mention a few). Some of my preferences have changed over the years, but I still want to close my eyes and have the components, specifically the speakers, disappear and leave me with just the music and the sheer aural bliss that I'm listening for.

@mark200mph wrote

I do not think scanspeak and satori beryllium at an upgrade are junk speakers.

Neither do I.

However, that beryllium driver upgrade is $11,750 - more than the speakers themselves.

In fact the $10K (base) ulbricht you speak of top out at $26K all decked out. They better sound good! But what happened to the giant-slayer value proposition?

@devinplombier , so what speakers are you running ? 

For my reference speakers focal magico q7,kharma ect it's only 10% of the price.in my book that's a giant slayer. Full of the best speakers satori makes and sound great play soft or loud. Even rockports are expensive. This is the glory of audio we live in. A great day of choices. I bought all my reverence equipment used < 50 % off met alot of nice audiophiles in my travels past 2 years wandering across America living in a van by the river eating government cheese1😃