Keep or sale?

Austin2x
Austin2x Posts: 2
edited November 2012 in Vintage Speakers
I have Allison 2 speakers and they still sound great but are old. I am interested in Tekton (sp) Design Lore speakers which have received great reviews by owners and magazines. Does anyone have any recommendations?
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,184
    edited November 2012
    Keep the Allisons.
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited November 2012
    The Allison Twos are excellent speakers; have yours been refoamed?

    The Tekton (yes you spelled it correctly) Lore is a very different beast; a high-sensitivity loudspeaker for fleapowered amplifiers (e.g., single ended, directly heated triode vacuum tube amplfiers at a couple of watts per channel). The Lores are getting high praise at places like audioasylum and audiokarma. Tekton has other high-sensitivity loudspeakers as well and their prices are good. That said, the best amplifer for the Allison Twos won't be too ideal for the Tektons and vice versa.

    The bottom line answer is simple to me - keep the Allisons, get the Lores, and get yourself a nice single-ended 2A3 amplifier, too!

    :-)

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  • Austin2x
    Austin2x Posts: 2
    edited November 2012
    Thanks for the advice. Yes, the speakers have been refoamed which brings up another question. How often should they be refoamed? Thanks
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2012
    Sell the Allisons.

    Mark
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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