Why not horns?

The three top Klipsch Heritage models are wonderful. The Klipshorn, Lascala and Belle all deserve to be listened to. The midrange horn throats are properly designed and do not give you that "honk" sound that you might get from Altecs(at a reasonable listening distance). My experience with Altecs and many other horn designs with large throats(not all)is that you need to be a good distance away from them. It is unfair to say pass up Klipsch. Many people, including myself, enjoy them . I am in no way suggesting that Altecs are bad or inferior. I have heard them good and bad. I also have heard the Heritage series sound bad(not when I got through with them). I am standing by the 3 Heritage models I mentioned in defense. Although I like the Cornwall and Heresy somewhat, I do dot think they are in the same category. So there you have it !

Jonk - Which Altec models are in the ~$2K range that sound as good or better than say the KHorns?
I've heard Altecs only twice. Once highly modified (Altec drivers in another box) in someone's home, they sounded excellent. First time I heard horns and a big reason I now own KHorns. The other time was at a show where some guy had them open baffel, bi-amped with SS on the bottom and 300b's on top, electronic crossovers, the whole 9 yards. That sounded pretty good too. I don't think either setup gave me a hint of what a pair of Altecs (Model 15, Model 19...I'm guessing now) would sound like.

WOW!!!! Such precision. The Spanish will be making orange juice in the final. They have gotten better in every game I've seen. I think they will make things really miserable for the Diving Dutch -- unless the referee plays their game and that isn't something we can rule out in light of the uneven officiating so far.

Today we had a no cards no how guy and that seems preferable to the gift wrapped penalty kicks, offside no-calls and calls, and the disallowed goals provided by some of the refs so far.

I believe Bert Doppenberg is Dutch, isn't he?

:-) HUP! HOLLAND HUP! :-)

Some Altec models work great in near field. Heres a few of the better Altecs they made many great loudspeakers that I did not mention look at drivers used. Model 15, 9844a, model 14, model 19, A5, A7 602a 604. I have owned most all the good Klipsch models. Your moneys better spent on Altecs.