Tekton site states they are swamped and orders may take longer than usual. I would not as yet be concerned.
Tekton Design Moab
Ordered a pair just now. In Dark Gray, to which Tammy immediately said, "Oh the Charcoal is beautiful!" Charcoal sounds better than Dark Gray (even though we are talking about the same color!) so Charcoal it is!
My beloved Talon Khorus do still sound awfully good. It will be interesting to see how the Moabs stock out of the box compare with these tweaked and modded warhorses. Both the strength, and the weakness, of the Khorus is using the 10" woofer to cover so much midrange. Its a strength because it makes for a very smooth and cohesive sound. But its a weakness because its asking a lot of such a large driver to go so high. Talon makes up for it with their isobaric design. Mounted inside and directly behind the woofer is another identical driver facing the opposite direction. The idea is this relieves the front facing driver of having to compress the air inside the cabinet. This does allow for a much faster response, and is a big reason for the wonderful music the Khorus produces.
I have a feeling however it is no match for Eric Alexander's ultra-low mass driver array solution. Only one way to know for sure. So we will just have to see!
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
My beloved Talon Khorus do still sound awfully good. It will be interesting to see how the Moabs stock out of the box compare with these tweaked and modded warhorses. Both the strength, and the weakness, of the Khorus is using the 10" woofer to cover so much midrange. Its a strength because it makes for a very smooth and cohesive sound. But its a weakness because its asking a lot of such a large driver to go so high. Talon makes up for it with their isobaric design. Mounted inside and directly behind the woofer is another identical driver facing the opposite direction. The idea is this relieves the front facing driver of having to compress the air inside the cabinet. This does allow for a much faster response, and is a big reason for the wonderful music the Khorus produces.
I have a feeling however it is no match for Eric Alexander's ultra-low mass driver array solution. Only one way to know for sure. So we will just have to see!
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
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When you've been promised delivery in 7 to 10 days 7 to 10 times speed you're getting close. Its also normal to call several times, get no answer, or a machine, or a message that says lines are down- and also normal to get Eric in the shop, or driving to the cabinet maker, or for him to return a call that was just returned, then have to end the call right away saying I'll call back, then never get the call back. In other words yes of course they are having problems, also known as startup or growth, or in other words normal mayhem. Its rare to find more than one form of genius in any given individual. I'll take speaker designer genius over make the trains run on time genius any day. |
A couple of years ago I called Eric to ask about one of his product's. It was as if I was trying to talk with the Tasmanian Devil in the middle of a tornado, on methamphetamines while blindfolded. He actually was upset that I called. Now, I understand that people get busy and all, but image and first impressions mean a lot. It just didn't sit well with me. I didn't purchase anything from him. |
devilboy , Sure, Eric is a speaker designer, a mad scientist type even. He does not farm out his calls to some offshore customer service center. Thank God, we would never get any real questions answered that way. I would rather talk with the man and get exactly what I want and then some even if I needed to call a few times. |
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