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Tekton Design Moab

Ordered a pair just now. In Dark Gray, to which Tammy immediately said, "Oh the Charcoal is beautiful!" Charcoal sounds better than Dark Gray (even though we are talking about the same color!) so Charcoal it is!  

My beloved Talon Khorus do still sound awfully good. It will be interesting to see how the Moabs stock out of the box compare with these tweaked and modded warhorses. Both the strength, and the weakness, of the Khorus is using the 10" woofer to cover so much midrange. Its a strength because it makes for a very smooth and cohesive sound. But its a weakness because its asking a lot of such a large driver to go so high. Talon makes up for it with their isobaric design. Mounted inside and directly behind the woofer is another identical driver facing the opposite direction. The idea is this relieves the front facing driver of having to compress the air inside the cabinet. This does allow for a much faster response, and is a big reason for the wonderful music the Khorus produces. 

I have a feeling however it is no match for Eric Alexander's ultra-low mass driver array solution. Only one way to know for sure. So we will just have to see!  

 https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 
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@millercarbon purchased a pair in Spanish Tile last October. They replaced a pair of Cornwall III’s. I have been very happy with them. They seem to reveal any tweak that is made. I replaced some AQ Red River cables with some DIY silver cables with silver connectors. After 100 hours of burn in, the improvement in clarity was easily noticed. 
I did miss the dynamics that the horns produced. However, I wouldn’t go back to the Cornwalls. I did add some Stein Harmonizers which did add some dynamics without loss of SQ.

I’m so pleased with the current sound the only change I will make is additional acoustic panels to the room. Probably to include a couple of panels to ceiling. 
Happy listening. 
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