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 
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twoleftears,

I agree with everything you posted. However, this might not be the best place for petty things such as facts. And it is an audio form, so there's that too.....

Oz


mahgister-
The greatest myth in audio is the alleged linear relation between price and S.Q.

Great S.Q. can cost peanuts.... Unbeknownst, unrecognised or ignored by most, top audio experience may cost peanuts with the rightful experiments and controlling means (tweaks)...

Speakers design is not related linearly to price....

Correct. Absolutely true. This is what shatters the myth of the marginal return. You know this better than most because you've been working so hard trying and listening and learning about what works. Instead of doing like so many others.  

Its why my Talons sold so fast. Believe me that would never have happened had they been stock and hooked up to a stock system with no tweaks. I have something a whole lot better slated for the Moabs! In the current unfortunate circumstances I can't say what it is but I the grapevine is telling me you probably have a pretty good idea.

Anyway, that is for later. For now mine are slated to be built, maybe even shipped, this Friday.
I think that twoleftears was trying to answer to the thread named "Perfect speakers for audio Research Classic 30".

What else would it be than Tekton Design Moab?

Ok, I have no idea how they would match, but they may match just fine for all I know.