Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy?

@dev

Holy cow!  Did you move on from your MBLs?  You were like my MBL-go-to-guy when researching those speakers.  You had them with the reference VAC amps, didn't you?

I have MBL 121 monitors, me chance for a helping of the MBL sound.  Though I mainly use Thiel speaker at the moment.  I know I'll never sell the MBLs as they are too unique (and I'd never get them for anything near the same price).

Did you sell your MBLs or do you still have them?  Which speakers are you using now?  Sounds like horns?

Why I use a massive community leviathan with 4 altec 515b and massive multicell with tad in my office system is how wonderful horns can sound at low levels as well as high with very low listener fatigue I use them all day long. A big horn sounds full and real even at low levels I have not found any dynamic that is even close and I get to use some of the best with the most modern transducers. With conventional dynamics I have to play louder to get a full sound and after a hour or so fatigue sets in.

Just got a pair of Heresy III "Capitol Special Edition" speakers…unboxed last night actually (late…traveling and they'd been left on my porch…thanks USPS Sunday delivery!..man…). I any case, I'd ordered the regular black ones but they (Ebay "open box" utter score…seriously) sent the "Special Edition" ebony version instead which is good since I'm clearly special. They're not broken in yet I assume, and I'm using them with my 12 watt per side SEP amp. There must be something wrong with me (yeah, I know…what EVER) as I think they're sort of great sounding. Imaging is astonishing, no horn "beaming" particularly (all speakers unless specifically omni designs have some directionality…they just do), coherant (unlike myself), efficient as advertised, and they fit my current beatnik life style (although I can't get facial hair going to any degree my wife will accept, I listen to jazz almost exclusively, own a Triumph Bonneville, smoke pot, and wear black a lot). If there's anything wrong with these Heresys I haven't noticed it yet, they meld well with my 2 REL subs, don't have the feared "midrange hump" I've read about, and seem like they'll do fine until I get those cool-man Classic Audio things Atmasphere talks about.  Somehow I think the way speakers sound when music is played through them is important, but others may feel differently…heh heh…highly recommended to anybody who is exactly like me.

Wolf, these?

http://www.klipsch.com/products/capitol-heresy-iii

Those are exactly the ones I would go for.    Sounds like you got them for a nice discount.

If they don't work out, I might take them off your hands.   Seriously!

Now you can try those fancy fuses again to go with the fancy speakers as well!

What are they replacing again?

Enjoy!

Wow, great score.  Love the limited edition(Special Edition) Heritage models.

Bill