Better Amps For Talon Khorus CAT JL2 or Tenor 75?

That is a pretty darn convincing argument, Mike - though one *could* point out that those solidstate amps (the Levinson 33 and Halcro) are two of the more laid back and boring (Oops, I mean neutral :-) monoblocks out there (compared to the sweet Accuphase A-50s, the natural Lamm M1.1s, the PRaTly Edge Signatures)... no wonder you liked the Tenors (one of the most liveliest amps of any genre/species) so much more on the Wilsons.

It must have been like walking out into the Spring sunshine after working a looooong Winter in a basement somewhere...

Sure would like to just hear the Talons driven to their fullest potential, or the Rockports for that matter. Hmmmmm... hope to see a lot of those 300 watt Tenors at the next show :-)

Sorry about all the parenthetical statements in that one sentence paragraph - I know it can be kind of challenging to the brains parsing skills (it was certainly easier for this old brain to write than to read :-)

With any dead and “inverted” speakers the Tenors will do good job to impress an average “sounds listener”.

Justa.....plausable response.....except.....i spent about an hour in the big Edge room. i heard a few different types of music......i never heard bass texture, micro dynamics or toneality like what i hear from the Tenors......i actually like the Edge amps....one of my favorite ss amps for sure.....ditto for the Lamm 1.1.....but....they just don't play the notes like real music IMHO compared to the Tenor. i'm not a big fan of the Wisdoms......or the prototype speakers with those obscene pyrimids.....but those amps have some limitations in areas that are essential to me.

*** i never heard bass texture…

Are you talking about the farts form the Kharma’ ports? Did you measure/heard what Tenors do against any not reinforced or artificially equalized bass? Ah! Someone get the Kharma’s bass when the VC jumps out the gap as the evidences of “cool bass”? Why don’t not you call to your Tenor designer and to ask him about the Tenor bass? Tenors do have some very specific positive qualities (so far non of the were not named by you) but the Tenors bass (or anything under 500Hz + the lower harmonics of ANY tone) is something that disqualifies this amp from a serious consideration. (Unless one use the speakers that introduces a huge negative masking effect under the bottom that would deceive any low discrimination listener. Welcome to yourself.)

*** micro dynamics…

You still have to explain what it is because you picked a lot of terminology form AA but have very little comprehension what you deal with.

*** or toneality like what i hear from the Tenors

What do you mean: the Tenors have a special tonality? What dose it mean?

Verybigamp- This is hardly the first thread I have read which you posted asinine comments- I happen to be VERY familiar with what the Tenors are capable of and Mikelavigne is describing there sonic signature(yes they do have one) very well. Your less then wonderful word useage doesn't really help your credibility(which in my opinion is nill thus far), perhaps you could share with us what you feel to be a good amp/speaker combo or better yet an amp that you feel would mate up well with the Talon Khorus X, and why....That may help the users of this site far more then your attempts at stirring controversy- trolling isn't very attractive. In other words are you gonna bark all day little doggy or are you gonna bite? this site is dedicated to high end audio and those who are devoted to it and not hersey and/or assumption there of. Good day.