I love them, actually. Not sure if it's because of the sound, or because they toss all conventional wisdom about "audiophile" loudspeakers right out the window:
1) They're cheap
2) They have simple MDF cabinets with only one cross brace internally
3) They use a guitar amp driver (complete with a whizzer cone!) for the main driver
4) They never fail to get my foot tapping
5) They play to rock-concert levels with 20 watts of SET power
6) Even though they roll off pretty quickly below 30 Hz, they are full and powerful all the way to that point
To be fair, I re-did them internally with better wire and better crossover parts. They sound incredibly awful out of the box and need at least 100 hours of blasting at insane levels to really get in the groove, but once there I still crack up at a $1k pair of speakers (and $300 in extra parts) that give me more enjoyment than the last pair of $12k speakers I had. They need some space behind and between them and the walls (at least 18" behind and 24" or so to the sides in my room anyway), but given that they throw up a huge soundstage (especially with LP's). No "pinpoint" imaging like some more exotic speakers, but the performers/instruments are in the appropriate place(s) with the appropriate size, etc. I've contemplated on several occasions upgrading to the Tekton Double Impacts, and then every time I sit down to listen I just forget about any need to upgrade.
Yup, there's way better speakers out there and I've been fortunate to hear a lot of them, but for the money these have never failed to disappoint. Most people buy the speakers they like and then buy or upgrade to an amp that will drive them properly. I went backwards (like usual) -- I had an amp I loved (the Jota), so went searching for speakers that would work with it....and the Lores do quite well at that.
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