Talon Khorus

@prof "I was dumbfounded by how sheerly awful they were."

+1.  If you like the way they look, you will fall in love with them until you hear them.  Like a lot of loudspeakers, if you know what you're doing, you can do a lot to improve them by going through the crossover.  But I've met scant few people who actually understand what they're doing, including most loudspeaker manufacturers

I remember the Talons making a huge splash in 2002-2004 or so and then just as quickly vanishing. Hey didn't seem to have much staying power 

Owned them - V2 version. Decent speaker for $4000 grand used about 14 years ago. I think they sound good for no more than $1200 used today.  

Thanks everyone for the input.  Sounds like the guy took them in trade for a payment of some work.  I am not sure he has listened to them himself.  He said he got them from the owner's sister who didn't listen to them either.  I wasn't sure of he was talking about the owner of Talon or the owner of the company he did the work for.

Don't pay anywhere near that. They are recessed with poor dynamics.