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Horn speakers are really bright?

So I’m trying to understand why so many people think klipsch or horn speakers are bright 

I have two  set up garage and living room both with horn speakers EPIC CF4 garage and and KLF 30 mahogany living room  

I have recorded this songs with my iPhone  listen to them and feel free to tell me what you don’t like about them
 by the way I don’t have any room treatment

EPIC CF4 GARAGE
https://youtu.be/9k6uIj8sZgk

KLF30 LIVING ROOM  
https://youtu.be/er4zllSgekU
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lowrider57
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2 pair playing together doesn’t sound good. Also sounds like there is a phase issue happening.

I'd like to hear them playing individually. Also, they would sound better with some space around each speaker

 

 

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Lordrootman, much better recording, still we're dealing with cel phone and YouTube. I find the KLF to be too forward in the mid and highs. Extended, not bright, but would cause me listener's fatigue. Maybe could be helped with room treatments.
The garage system sounds more balanced, I like the speakers. 


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Garage sounds good, very open and revealing. KLF in living room sound very bright to me. Voice not bad, but guitar and instruments sound thin with so much high-end energy.
BTW, I can hear up to 18kHz and I think the iPhone is positioned too close to speakers.


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Western Electric horns sound wonderful, sounding like live music. But still need an appropriate space and room treatments.

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@lordrootman 

Does Klipsch make any modern day speakers similar to the design of the EPIC CF4??

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