Talon khorus vs. Nola Viper iia


sonically which of these speakers is better with solid state? what are the strenghts and weaknesses of each?

should i look elswhere on the used market?
dvdgreco

Showing 1 response by bigkidz

"The Khorus is a mess of a speaker. No bass, a muffled and distant midrange. Serious phase issues. Everything sounds like a blanket was thrown over them. Have to be cranked to max to sound good and by then you are deaf."

Interesting, not what I hear. The Talons work well with SS like Sim Audio but my Pass Labs X-250 was not a good match at all so you just cannot make a blanket statement about them working better with SS. I also own the older Alon V MKII speakers and they sound better with tubes but I also do run a SS Museatex CAS-10 100wpc SS amp but with a fantastic preamp (I built it). It all comes down to system matching. The Talons are a excellent value but are also heavy so hard to resell. The Alons also seem to have a low resale value but set up correctly are fantastic speakers. I heard the newer Alons forget the model buy they list for around $25K. They were faster then my older Alons, a little softer sounding, more refined, less bass output.