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Have you ever looked into Tekton speakers, the Encore’s are ones I’m interested in. I would really like to listen to them before purchasing, a trip to Salt Lake City to listen to a set is a little much and explaining that to the wife. Every once in a while they show up on US Audiomart, it kills me how these guys run through audio equipment like changing underwear. The cable thing is the biggest racket going.
$18,000 in 1988 yikes
I think I’ve seen pictures of this white whale, if I remember right the woodwork was beautiful. I wonder how it sounded. My humble system is just a small component of my life. I used to be a street racer and it consumed me. I worked for Louie Unser, Al Unser’s brother in Fullerton Ca. Years ago. I make a conscious effort not to become too obsessed with my interests now. Some of these audiophiles are mental.
The wyred4sound sx1000r’s are incredible, the Crown made them sound like four drivers making music, the 1000r’s made it all come together without the drivers calling attention to themselves. I really didn’t notice it till I switched, it was a huge improvement. One of the complaints about class d amps is they sound sterile and dry, the Wyred4sound amps don’t, they really sound wonderful in my opinion. I have to say though, I haven’t listened to really high end amps in a while. My friend has some older Mark Levinson amps hooked up to the big Polk SDA’s. I think my system walks all over his and he agrees. I’ve never been a Polk fan, they sound fine but they just miss something. I have to have a capable speaker because my taste in music runs the gamut. His Polks are just too laid back I guess, the L7’s I think are way underrated, but I’m a big fan. They say they sound best with short ceilings and my basement is about 8ft so that might be why they sound so sweet. If they have a shortcoming I would say it’s the tweeter’s. Really other than the upgrading the L7’s i think a nice tube preamp and I’m done. I’ve done the home theater thing, but honestly with a great set of speakers surround sound is a waste. My two channel sounds better even with room correction. I love Blu-ray concert’s on the projector, lots of fun.
I have a pair of Polk CRS, I stole them for $50. They sound nice, I made a set of cables to connect them together. I did the one tweeter unhook which helped. The problem with them is the tiny sweet spot, move your head and you lose it. I forgot how much power decent bookshelf speakers need. I have slowly turned up the crown and it’s at full power and the Bic’s are handling it fine. The cabinet’s are what really impress me, they are built like a tank. Walter Trout sounds great, cables come for the sub today, can’t wait. Turns out this is going to be a great sounding little system for pennies. I’ve read about the Polk upgrade, I think each has 4 tweeters if I remember right, I think his problem may be his room is too small for the Polk’s.