Talon Audio


I saw these speakers for sale on Audiogon, so I tried to get some background from their site (very nice BTW). The info seemed interesting enough for me to take a trip to my closest dealer. I was not prepared for what I heard. These speakers were unbelievably fast, detailed, coherent, dynamic, with a "life" to the music that I had never heard before outside of a live performance. These my friends, are the real McCoy's. I would like to hear anyone else's thoughts who may have heard these speakers.
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A local dealer told me of this "new technology" speaker that was designed by a former Wilson Audio designer that was 1000 times faster than convential speakers and could be driven by single-ended triodes. As I am pre-disposed to fast speakers (former Genesis V and 200 owner)I was interested. I normally reserve my opinion for products that I have lived with for at least a couple of months but there are some attributes that are instantly recognizable such as the speed of a speaker. The Talons do not sound "fast" and they had no sonic features that made me want to investigate further. In addition, if the designer came from Wilson he didnt spend much time in the cabinent department. Wilsons are one of the highest quality cabinents out there and the Talons were a joke. Asking $12,000 for the cabinent and drivers that I saw was insulting. I have to believe these other posts are some sort of advertising.