Question is do horns, generally speaking, produce life-like dynamics or exaggerated 'life-unlike' dynamics ?
As I understand, 15" woofer is difficult to make fast, maybe couple of 10" - 12" would be better ?
I would not expect any $3k speakers with any source and amps to give me a real scale, $30k would be a more realistic figure, I guess.
Having said that, I read some review of the Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated where the reviewer, after he had done his tests, tried this $16k integrated with $500 Elac monitor speakers, just for fun. He was close to shock - he didn't expect them to be able to play like that.
Speakers need great amps.