Horn Speaker Recommendations

RIAA, this quote I repeated, by the reviewer, Ken, was made prior, to his review of the Fortes IIIs. He happens to like horns, and have reviewed many. Your reviewer did not mention listening to great Jazz players, such as by Thelonious Monk, Miles, Hancock, Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, etc. he was only interested in  " cranking them, and although they do crank, that is just one benefit of a horn design. Besides, I can guarantee you, if I ( and some others ) went inside of the Forte IIIs ( by removing the drivers, rear passive, and input panel ), there would be many things that could be done to them, to make them better. I have done so with the original Fortes, the series 2s, the original Chorus and series 2, the 4 models of the Epic series that has been copied by many , and some others, that were built here in the Arkansas plant, and this, of course, includes the Heritage series ( the Klipsch marketing department included the Forte 2, and now the 3, as Heritage models ). Being the old timer Klipsch guy that I am, I need to point out, that the 5 original Heritage series models ( with 4 still in production ), were PWK designs. Roy Delgado was behind all of the other designs. My opinion ( and many others ), of course, is, the Khorn, the Lascala, and the Belle ( no longer in production, because the Lascala outsold it, as well as the Belle used a shorter mid horn ), are worlds apart, superior, to any of the other Klipsch models. I am not speaking of the short lived Palladium series, although, my feelings about my preferred 3 are the same. I know I am making this about Klipsch, but, willgolf will post when he comes closer to a decision. ***** @dseltz, years ago, I heard an earlier, lesser model from the company. However, the current Saadhana seems like a winner, and at a fair price. *****Lastly, I completely agree with Ralph. A speaker, should be able to play " any " kind of music, and " handle " any kind of music, at every desired volume level, from the delicacy of a single violin, or, cannon blasts from the Telarc 1812. And yes, Zep, Floyd, and others, such as mentioned by Ralph. Enough of me ! Enjoy ! MrD. 

As a true pure horn setup you would have to go along way to beat the Klipsch Jubilee with the monster 402 horn lens on top of it. Dynamic bass which only a true horn can give and not at all thirsty for wattage. Any genre of music sounds good with it and I believe they are under $10,000.

Klipsch Cinema has some fabulous gear and it might not be as pretty as some would like but if sound is paramount it is the best I have heard. Had a set of three way MCM 1900's and while they might be made for a 600 seat theater played at lower volumes they are eminently suitable for home use. The dynamic presence and articulation is stunning and the sweet spot extremely wide. None of this don't move your head more than a foot or you lose it junk. Remember if you meant what you said about pure horns size is the only way to get that super crisp clean thumping bass. A direct radiator bass bin can't give you the "right there" thump a horn will. You want a kettle drum or Star Wars explosion to rattle your cage go with a horn.
  Go to the klipsch site and check out the bigger all horn Cinema systems. To make them really sing you will have to bi or tri amp and set them up with DSP to but when you do the Wison etal megabuck dudes you invite over will leave quite distraught. There is nothing to rival a pure horn Klipsch Cinema system. Don't believe me go hear one. Before you buy anything. 

Reading a lot here about Fortes and Chorus and other "Heritage" speakers. Now the Belle and La Scala and KHorn are all horn speakers. The rest of the Heritage line still has direct radiator woofers so they are not pure horn speakers. Those new Jubilees by the way are cheaper then KHorns and sound far better and the KHorns sound better than La Scalas so there is your audio food chain.OP asked about pure horn speakers.

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I don't always agree with your opinions, but I think your review of the Forte III really hit the mark and accurately described their raison d'etre. When you consider what Klipsch delivers in total, they are really quite a good value.
Thanks, John