Are horn speaker colored or more open and dynamic?


I think there are good and bad horns, but that the best are unrivaled by other speakers in terms of dynimics or pace they lend to music reproduction. Other dismiss horns as colored or honky. What is the overall opinion of audiophiles?
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I love women like that. My wife isn't that way, but to her credit, she is very tolerant of my passions. :0)
I think it is pretty obvious that the overall opinion of audiophiles leans toward colored and honky. I don't hear either on my Köchel K-300 horns. I love their effortless, transparent quality and now think of other speaker types as constipated by comparison. I am especially fond of the bass definition I get with the Köchel horns.
Gmele, the Walker links reduced the noise floor in my system as well as removing some distortion noticeable in the high frequencies. The improvements noted actually were in relation to my previous speakers; NEAR 50Me II's. When upgrading to Köchel speakers I did not bother to recheck my results which I really should do one of these days.