Yep.
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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p05129 "A lot of people getting really excited over reading reviews, talking to the ceo, 2 things that really don’t matter much." As much as I agree, I disagree. Both of those things are (not-so) subtle marketing strategies. While reviews in the press may be more akin to traditional advertising, being able to talk to a designer, CEO, or someone else in the company, is "an experience". You are not merely a customer. You become "important". The banks have been using similar approach for the longest time. Airlines have their dedicated numbers "personalized service for our whatever level customers". There is nothing wrong with it, as long as the product delivers what you want. However, once "the experience" and long chats with the CEO become emphasized, one should scrutinize the product even more. I have been noticing intermittent mentions of these approachable CEOs and just wondered if they can talk on the phone with customers often, who is running the show? Especially if their order backlog is huge. Having said that, Raven amplifiers sounded very good to me. |
I mentioned these CEO’s because I have had numerous conversations with each 1 of them (In person for Vince and Klaus) because I have owned several of their products in the past. Just because I talked to Klaus many times, it didn’t make his amps better than say the next level up amp. I enjoyed speaking to Klaus and for the money, I liked what I heard, both from Klaus and from his amps. Same goes for Vince from Totem. Talking to Vince allowed me to hear what his vision was and which speakers would be better for my setup. But that didn’t make his top of the line speaker better than someone else’s. If I would talk to the ceo of GM, I would still not buy a GM product. Currently all of my products have been purchased from companies that I have never talked to their ceo, and they are still excellent products |
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