Horn Speaker Recommendations

The best horn systems are not the ones you find at audio dealers research horns consider a bit of DIY combinations of the best of vintage and modern are the best performing options. I wouldn't consider Klipsch unless entry-level. Avantgarde is also entry-level horn with crazy prices. The Shearer horn designs are pretty much the best horns get but they are not small small horns are wrong horns. You want a fully horn-loaded system any ported box is a compromise not really worth having if performance is the true goal.

I’ve most likely owned more Klipsch than anyone posting about it as well as much of what’s available I even have some of Paul's RCA test equipment and 1 of his RCA W bins from Klipsch museum many may not know but K horn was inspired and based on Olson's work for RCA. I stand by my entry-level horn comment many heritage owners run-heavy mods Klipsch is cheap and easily available it also floods the used market and Klipsch owners by far out num other type owned and are very vocal in forums due to this. The only Klipsch I could see owning is the fully horn-loaded theater systems many of those are better than audiophile offerings of great cost and it seems are no longer offered since Klipsch was purchased by Harman. But sadly with horns, the audiophile market isn’t offering many worthy of purchase unless you want a hybrid horn and honestly if I had to go that route I would buy a conventional dynamic. If one really wants great horns you have to know a good amount about it and be able to DIY to some degree since even if complete a great sounding full horn system will be in parts that owner must somewhat assemble. And as mentioned one should consider it as a system that includes amps crossovers room etc and all should be matched to each other.

roxy54 never mentioned rare or costly you did. I can put something together that’s better than most audiophile horn offering for about 2000. And of coarse system end goals are what matters  I want a great sounding horn good is pretty easy to find most any horn is good.

60 foot sound stage LOL sounds to me like someone has no experience with large horn systems. I sit in my office listening to a community leviathan system in nearfield low level rooms 14x17 it images wonderfully massively low in distortion interacts little with walls floor etc has a normal soundstage like a normal speaker would as do my Shearers my giant RCA front horns my electronluv horns my WE horns etc etc all just reproduce music in a natural real way. I just don’t get why state absolutes when you have never experienced what you say all big horns do? I can understand size issues but the rest is just uninformed bias. 

The design looks off to me has bell blockage no time alignments.
 

 Seems many who have a horn bias have never heard a proper set. Since many of the things, they insist all horns do I never hear out of a proper setup full front loaded horn system.  My horns systems disappear when on.                                                                                                         Music sounds real whole complete and in realistic space not emanating from a source. I don't get overly large image size I'm not limited in any way on music type or SPL even very low SPL. I can and do fit large horns in small and average spaces and get great results seems I'm not alone in that lookup Japanese horn systems. I can do that with almost any type of loudspeaker. I just don't get why simple system set up and synergy eludes so many in this hobby. Still, no-one can like all things we like what we like and this is a hobby so have at it and enjoy it.                                    But if you just are offended by the very idea of large loudspeakers you will most likely not enjoy a horn. If you enjoy massive SS amplification a horn might not be best.  But if you're looking for near realistic sound something you can use all day without fatigue ability to sound great at high or low-levels propulsive force= the feeling of wanting to move your body, visual appeal [subjective I know] but I do get many + comments on my many horns people like to touch them take pics etc not so much with my Harbeths-then a horn may well be worth considering.                           I mentioned before best to learn as much as you can before going horn because if you do it right it might be the last loudspeaker pair you buy since another benefit of horns is the don't go obsolete quickly can be upgraded repaired in the field. And many hold their value or even increase in such. Good luck.

Classic audio or Dukes at Audiokinesis all have good options depending on budgets.