Talon Khorus question

Interesting question, but it is not limited to Talon Khorus. Occassionally, there will be a glut of a particular item on the used market purely by coincidence. This has the effect of driving the prices way down. After most of the items have been sold, the prices usually come back up. As an example, I bought a BAT VK5i about 6 months ago for $2200. At that time, that was a decent deal. When I put mine up for sale 1 month ago(to upgrade to VK50SE), there were 7 units on Audiogon. Some people are more desperate than others and drop their prices. Some were sold for as low as $1850. However, there are fewer on the market now and I can afford to wait to get my asking price which is fair. My recommendation, take advantage of the gluts.

Suchtan, I read the threads on Audio Asylum. They were quite contreverisial. Reviewers and users were saying the speaker sounded like heaven, but the measurements looked like hell. However, if you read the posts all the way through you will find out that the problem was that the speaker that was measured at the NRC was broken! One of the solder leads had come off of the internal woofer. That is why the measured response is sooooo terrible. Talon has put NRC measurements of a properly working Khorus on their web site.

Well,I'm not from Bankok,and I'll bet I'm one of MANY who are just as curious as Suchtan.And for most of the same reasons.Yes many of the 10k and above speaker mfg s make you think their speakers are the best thing since sliced bread.There are many tempting brands, in the 6/7k range at the used sites here. Karma,Von Schweikert,Vandy 5(7&1/2k)Halles Tr 8s Montana esp s. Talons better than all these?

I own a pair of broken-in Khorus', and my experience with them mirrors Don's above. When I first fired them up, within a minute I turned to my friend sitting next to me and said, "They sound dampened." Obviously Don has had the same experience. What I've come to realized, as he did, is that the speakers lack the "halo" around the music (as first mentioned in Stuart McCreary's Stereo Times review). It's like listening to music in front of a jet black backdrop (if your other equipment is up to the task). It does take a little getting used to, but it quickly grows on you. I've found the treble to be very detailed and not at all rolled off. The Khorus' are a very detailed speaker with the tightest, most detailed low end I've ever heard. Music just has more texture to it. My previous speakers were NHT 3.3's, and I've auditioned a number of higher end designs from Martin Logan, B&W, Linn and others. As mentioned, they are very sensitive to associated equipment and cables. I switched a pair of interconnects once, and it was almost like changing a preamp or other component. And this is from a guy who had been skeptical about the differences mere interconnects could make. I'm a believer now. In short, I've found the Khorus' have delivered on their promise and left me very satisfied.

I am one of the lucky ones who have picked up the khorus's at the "used " market price. I have been totally touchred by the performance of these speakers. I had compared against B&W, Theil (7.2) , Audio Physics and have found nothing that compares to the lifelike presentation these reveal. The break in is critical and I believe most are not patient enough to burn them in properly. The speakers are the best I have ever had and I anxiously await coming home to crank these up and enjoy what I find to be the best music I have ever listened to. The Orchard bay Spikes designed for these are definitely recommended and combined with good gear literrally out class anything I have ever heard. The used market prices are like the stock market, and if you can take advantage of acquiring as such is nothing short of a good value! I could go on and on about their merits, but will simply close by saying that These are as good as it gets with the current technology deployed in high end speaker systems!!