Good, Affordable Horns?

For around 2k plus a few dollars you maybe able to could pick up a pair of Oris 150 horns, like I have here on the 'gon'. They give a very high end sound without the high end price, well I think they do anyway. Heard loads of speakers at hi-fi shows Including the expensive Campanile, and the extremely even more expensive Triolon Apacella's and I don't think they are any better than the Oris 150's,
They are IMHO (of course) the true hi-fi bargain for the money.

Well OK, if you are comparing the Klipsch cabinet quality with new Polks, Bose, KLH then yes they have good cabinet construction. If you compare them to B&W, NHT, Dynaudio ect..then they are built rather poorly. Klipsch most certainly needs tubes to tame them nasty, bright, colored mids and highs.

If you want a good horn speaker look at some single driver speakers with rear loaded horns. But to each his own. Like I said I have owned many Klipsch & I will never go back. The Klipschorn was designed back in 1945, we have come a long way since then. People still like them but I strongly feel there are much better speakers for the money. It's like a bright TV, it will catch your attention right away but give it an hour and your eyes/ears will hurt.
IMO

Thanks for the feedback so far.

Touche' on the bored comment. Sometimes I like to look at new options just because I can.....

I guess I'm just always looking to try (or hear) something different.

I still don't know if there is a single speaker that works best for all kinds of music.

I don't think I have anything currently that would resemble the sound of a good horn loaded design.

The tube/horn point is probably very well taken. I'm not looking to go to tubes in general.

My Carver c-6 does provide pre-amp outputs with a "tubelike" response (God bless Bob Carver...always looking to innovate and provide something different)as well as the solid state outs that I currently use and prefer given my current SS amplification and brothel of speakers.

I think currently, my Ohm Walsh's are still my favorites in general. If I had to keep just 1 pair of speakers, it would probably be the F-5's.

i get bored with my hi fi stuff all the time....i do like the klipsch cornwalls and heresys, but i know those ohms have that magic balance that many agoners have yet to find, regardless of speaker type or cost.

The Ohms are a great value. They do tend to take somewhat of a bashing on this site though. Many purists who know the history of this line can't get over the fact the current CLS drivers used aren't as sexy as the older, problematic Walsh drivers and have to be hidden in a metal can because they are ugly otherwise.

I do tend to listen to speakers, not look at them. Those JAdis Eurythmies are so cool looking though!!! I think I like the distinctive looks of horn speakers and as a speaker affectionado, I want to have a pair to look at almost as much as to listen to. For example, I would love to have an old Victrola just because of what it represents from an audio engineering sense even though the technology is antiquated in a sound quality sense.

Anyone want to sell me a pair of Eurythmies in my price range?????