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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uberwaltz and glupson...Thanks for the suggestions. When the time comes, which means when I sell my house, I will look into Spatial and ATCs. My Harbeths will be hard to beat since heavy bass is not a priority for me. And by the way: those of you who think Harbeths don't do bass, you are wrong. They will not go as low as large woofered full range speakers, but they are more than adequate for the majority of music I listen to. I was pleasantly surprised the first time I listened to Debussy's "La Mer". There are some parts that go into some very powerful bass. The Harbeths did just fine.
cal91,

Just to make it clear, I have never heard ATC speakers, but have also never heard/read anything but praises. Apparently, their active models are what you (or me) really want. Finding a dealer to hear them at seems close to impossible.

In any case, I found this video interesting to watch (check at 2:10 and onwards at least, although at around 1:00 bass also promises to be sufficient)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXsb7yqx44w

And, for once, I could see how speakers are made...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJHul8HgbPs
I had an opportunity to hear the Spatial M-5 recently. I wouldn't consider the room ideal for them, but they impressed me quite a bit nonetheless. Associate equipment was a Pass Labs amp, PS Audio BHK preamp, Spiral Groove turntable, and MSB digital source. For $3500 a pair I think they a a very good value.
Of all the "classic" British speaker lines--Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, PMC, Stirling, Falcon, etc.--I've always thought that ATC was the company that hewed closest to the "ruthlessly revealing" style of presentation.
....that hewed closest to the "ruthlessly revealing" style of presentation.
Love the verbage!