Horn speakers are really bright?

@willgolf 

Sounds good!

That video is proof that just because something can be done, doesn’t mean that it should be done.

I borrowed a pair of the Usher BE 718s a few years ago from a dealer. At the time I had some Green Mountain Audio monitors. The GMA speakers beat them overall. The only thing the Ushers did better was bass response. The midrange just wasn't as real sounding. I can hear more texture in the midrange on the Klipsch speakers in your video than the Ushers. Same thing I heard in my room.

Here's what I've come to learn about Klipsches, DON'T PLAY LOUD ROCK MUSIC THROUGH THEM. That's where they get brashy, honky, and headachy. Those horns are nice with certain genres at reasonable volumes, but crank them up with many types or rock/country and you're asking for an ear piercing.

then you get to something like Celine Dions voice and you have to leave the room because it's very sharp.

@herman 

Nice system!

I don’t really know if a streamer make a difference 

Absolutely it does!

I went from a Squeezebox Touch to a Pi (Allo Digi One), then to a Node 2i and now a Lumin U1 Mini. All of them sounded different. In order:

SB, Node, Allo, Lumin

All are used with separate DACs. All the streamers sounded different on their own.

@realworldaudio 

Good post and I agree with all of it!