Talon Khorus - Why So Many So Cheap?

I Know a few people who owns this Talons and they are all buying the New Firebird Speakers, so it is a steal deal for you smart shoppers. I personaly don't own this speakers.

Simple : They are overpriced and worth in the $3 - $4K range.

Buy used one for $3K,try it in your system,and sell it if you hate them !

The peregrine Xs were easily highly competetive with jm labs utopias in my system, and i am big fan of both speakers. Its a toss up concerning which pair i would take. Honestly i think the talons are amazing for the money.

Lordgorian,
Can you tell more precise for $14k or $4k they worth the money?

I am another audiogon member who got a great deal here on a demo pair late last year. In the $10k-15k range, there are so many choices that I suspect I would ultimately find a speaker I would prefer.....for one minor reason or another. But when it comes to the $3k-4k range, these are an absolute runaway best buy. If only the average audio consumer was aware of such value as this, why would anyone pay as much for new products at their friendly neighborhood chain that do not even begin to come close? So I am forever grateful to designers of products lines like this who never stop improving their line and thus cause a wave of the previous line to go on the used market at a great price.

As a long time Magnepan fan, I miss some of the magical qualities with those, but the Talons bring on a level of dynamics and resolution I had not experienced with the Maggies. There are always tradeoffs. Ideally, I think the Talons on the used market take you close to the point of diminishing returns for a HT system but perhaps not the greatest choice for music-only based systems....unless you are a 130db heavy- metal kind of listener!