Talon Khorus


Found a pair locally.  They are asking $2000.  The gentleman believes they were from 2001.  Badging on the back simply says Khorus.  Have not had a chance to see them up close yet.

thoughts?
allansumnall

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I would say: caution.  Talon speakers were a divisive speaker.  At least at that time some people raved them up as the next best thing - sort of the Tekton speakers of their day.

When I got to audition some Talon speakers I was dumbfounded by how sheerly awful they were (so colored it was ridiculous...and I seem to remember they measured poorly in the Soundstage measurements, to the point of some controversy).

YMMV...










not at all sure what prof is talking about.

That link to the review did not provide a link to the measurements.Here are the measurements:

https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/measurements/talon_khorus/

You should see what I’m talking about there ;-)

I once had the smaller stand-mounted version of the Talon speaker, their sort of "mini-Khorus," to evaluate. Those speakers were so bad, sounded so odd, muffled and colored I literally thought they must be broken. (Turns out they weren't broken...that was just their sound).