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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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kingdeezie
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@tektondesign 

Eric, 

I sent you an email a few days ago inquiring about speakers. Haven’t heard back yet. 
Friendly reminder. =)
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ozzy62
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Listening- it’s ok for people to claim that these tektons are better than $30k up to the most expensive Wilson’s, but it’s not ok to say there are speakers that are less expensive that are every bit as good or better. There are $2-$4k Speakers that I have owned that are better. You need better quality gear to hear the better speakers

Maybe I missed it, and I'm not going back through 30 pages to find out, but have you ever actually heard the Moabs?

Oz


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mapman
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The only thing Tekton and Wilson have in common is they both make sound. Two totally different beasts....totally different design and likely sound.

It’s fine for anyone to say what they prefer and why but that is just an opinion.

No doubt cost and value are aspects worth discussion. That matters a lot to most.
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twoleftears
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Internal bracing.  Only way to absolutely check that claim, is to take a chain saw to one.

Come to think of it....

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millercarbon OP
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tektondesign:
Great to hear!

What’s great to hear Eric are your speakers. Sorry if I matter of factly describe something and some people deliberately misconstrue for no good reason. As if there ever could be a good reason to deliberately misconstrue. Yet they do. A sad fact of life around here.

Matter of fact my own personal list of posters so bad they are on permanent ignore is up to 17. But just so you know there’s another list with another 17, all very much enjoying their Tektons, most of them owning Moabs, plus a few Ulfs, DIs or others, and quite a few of them repeat upgrade type buyers. And that’s just this one thread. The Facebook Owners Group is many times bigger and even more enthusiastic.

The numbers speak for themselves. Part of my research is looking to the used market. Because if it really is good then people hang onto them, and when they do come up used they aren’t discounted much and get snapped up quickly. Since I only select the really good stuff this is almost always the case. Which it was this time. Not only me, another one here does the same thing, bought new because they just aren’t coming up for sale used.

This is the real world: fussy audiophiles put down their hard earned cash and are satisfied. More than satisfied. This makes some people jealous, frustrated, and even sometimes proves them wrong.

So yeah they can talk the talk. Just remember, only you can walk the walk.
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