Talon Loudspeakers

Dear Bookner, Thank you for your kind and complete response to my post. You went out of your way explaining the occurrences. It may have been my mistake, but I thought that I was very clear in letting you know that you were listening to the Khorus' at less than ideal conditions. One would assume that the President of Talon would have a well conditioned pair of speakers. I tend to be very accomodating to my customers and dealers demands and I am often left without speakers. I am,however, very insistent that my designer's speakers remain in place so we can have consistent R&D. I appreciate your willingness to listen to the Khorus' again under better circumstances. We will have a showroom available to customers at the end of October for auditioning. We will offer assistance with the system and allow the customer to play the music they choose and the volume levels they wish. At this time you will be able to listen at your leisure and offer comments under proper conditions. I would like you to post them whether good or bad, everyone has a right to their opinion. Audio is exciting because we can decide for ourselves what we feel is right. Happy Listening, Mike

Dear Bookner, I have heard through the grapevine about your post on Audiogon regarding your visit to my home. I hesitate responding, but since you mentioned your audition at my home, your post becomes personal. I invite very few people over to my home to listen to my system. This courtesy extended, you should also recall the status of my system: My Khorus' were not broken in, I received the Marantz SA-1 the day before, and I also had new cable in my system. Most audiophiles know that these are less than ideal situations, but I felt that being an audiophile, you could see the significant differences between our speakers and others. For example, low noise floor, speed, and power handling capabilities. Realizing the other virtues such as soundstaging, imaging, timbres, depth would come together as my system broke in. Never did I realize that you would be as uncouth to post your audition on the worldwide web. This is like unto, being invited to your home to meet your wife and family during yardwork and posting on the worldwide web that they were a disgrace. I therefore challenge you to another audition, not at my house this time, but at my office. Or at least an apology for getting personal with out sharing all the facts. We have worked very hard to bring this new technology in loudspeaker design. Delivering a product that has mass and speed coupled to lowering distortion, eliminating compression, and giving accurate time response. This technology is defineable and repeatable which will improve the quality of our listening environments in the years to come. A simple 60 minute audition does not justify anything. Every consumer needs to listen for themselves. Some will pick it up after 2 songs, some will take several auditions, and then some will stick to there 31 flavors of old technology. Let the customers decide!