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I like horns, except for the fact that they sound shouty, forward, bright, beamy. The older style wood Klp type speakers sound boarning, slow, heavy and us resolving. I do like them however, I am no hater.
That’s classical "generalized BS," as stated by poster
@dev , wrapped in candy paper. You might as well have written, or it essentially says: "I hate horns, but I do like them." And now a bunch of people are flying off their couches, pointing their fingers, and telling us we’re overly defensive of horn speakers? Come on, going by your description as quoted above I can only deduce you’ve never heard a good horn speaker, be it hybrid or all-horn, and just assembled the "best of horn-bashing terms" in a bundle and delivered it handily.
With "older style wood Klp type speakers," are you referring to Klipsch? And with "older style" (i.e.: Heritage series?) - do you mean the all-horns (they’re certainly included)? And you equate those speakers with " boarning (boring?), slow, heavy and us resolving"? I’m sorry to put this bluntly, but that’s simply a load of b*llocks. Compared to an all-horn Klipsch (i.e.: La Scala, Belle, K-horn), be they up to 50-70 years old, most anything contemporary non-horn will sound sluggish, slow, heavy and boring. The older Klipsch horns could ring like bells in the mids and highs, and if not paired with quality tube amps (and instead with SS amps of the time then) could be a trying and unpleasant listen, I’m sure, but the aforementioned traits stand the test of time no matter what, and still by a winning mile compared to most of the direct radiating speakers of today. And, when you combine those traits with the newer horn profiles of today, better (more sturdy) horn materials, better cross-overs, even better drivers for the midrange and tweeter and an overall better construction quality (not that the original Klipsch’s were bad as such) - such as seen with Simon Mears Audio, Volti Audio and others - you have yourself a blisteringly good sonic package. I can only assume though telling you this will be all in vain.
