Klipsch K Horns (the new AK6)


At $15k, eeek!!!!! and their hard to drive, forget your 2A3's on these
https://www.stereophile.com/content/klipsch-klipschorn-ak6-loudspeaker-measurements

Cheers George
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jsman,
I would love to hear them. I must be really special. What amp are you driving them with?
The only way to improve on some of the Khorn flaws is to redesign the speaker. I know of no serious enthusiast that uses DSP. This doesnt mean that these people dont exist, I just dont know any. I dont believe for a moment that DSP doesnt have a significant downside. As George points out  why would you  put so much expense into Khorns when more viable options exist which are better than the Khorns in the areas in which this speaker excels? I think that you guys are hanging on too tightly. 
It is all about trade offs and compromise, which I hear in EVERY design, at EVERY price......If I am not mistaken, George owns a version of ML Monoliths ( likely modified to the tilt, knowing George ), which I have much familiarity with. Just as I do not like many horn hybrids, because of that " discontinuity " between the horns and the woofer boxes, I also hear this in the Monolith, this lack of coherence, if you will. I would never come on here, and bad mouth the design, as it makes trade offs, and I know it can be enjoyed by many. I respect many listeners here, and elsewhere, because if they find a system they are happy with, that, is all that matters. I might not agree, that the system this other person finds so enjoyable, fits my specific criteria as a listener ( as I say all of the time, it is personal and individualistic ). It is childish and meaningless, to make snarl comments as Georgie seems to do, and he does it often, and everywhere. But, it is humorous, the majority of the time, this back and forth, with nothing ever changing. Enjoy ! MrD. 
jsautter, I can, w/o question, improve upon some of the flaws, inherent in the new Khorns, as I have, and many other Klipsch devotees, have learned to do. Nothing, cannot be improved upon, be realistic.....
Actually I agree with you regarding dynamic drivers with horns or electrostats. One of the worst offenders  I have heard to date are the Sanders speakers. No doubt people should buy what they like but the Khorns to me have always been significant underachievers.