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Most harsh/shrill sounding speakers (vintage)

Aside from the Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitor, what are the worst sounding speakers that can make your ears bleed and provoke listening fatigue instantly even at a reasonably low volume. Speakers that are too bright, too snappy, too "honest", y'know, speakers that just sound like crap. The worst sounding speakers ever, if there is anything worst than the Yamaha NS-10. 
scarede2
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ozzy62
2,914 posts
 
As mentioned above, many old school speakers were heard being driven by cheap receivers, but the fault is laid at the feet of the speakers.
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jtgofish
502 posts
 
JBL Century L100.The worst sounding tweeters I have ever heard.Sizzle?More like the sound of somebody with a severe case of the shakes doing some arc welding.
stooch
9 posts
 
I think alot of Klipsch speakers were just hash due to the horn. I think they were made for low powered, warm sounding tubes so anything else solid state or toroidal really overpowered the highs and delivered the harshness "efficiently". 
sns
3,005 posts
 
The Klipsch horns everyone hates are the K 401 metal mid horn, they are horrendous. How do I know, I have circa 1989 Klipschorn, had that horn stock. Thing rings like a bell, tried damping, got damped sound, gave up on that horn real quick. You've got to put a decent horn on a horn speaker to get anything close to proper timbre.
mozartfan
2,143 posts
 

maybe not THE worst ever,, BUt I really  hate Klipsch sound

 

 

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