To horn or not to horn

You might want to read my forum...Horn Speaker Suggestions.  I went through a very long process before deciding on horn speakers.  Never in a million years did I think I would end up with horn speakers.  I listened to tons of very high end non horn speakers before deciding on Viking Acoustic Grande Voix speakers.  What sold me was the clarity of sound. I love hearing each instrument and that is what horn speakers do for me.

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I have this hunch Horns will work for me.
Days ago, i got ina  6.5 FR and hooked it up without cabinet!!!! next to the Seas Thors 
Like night and day. 
The SEAS line of drivers  are out dated, = Dinasaurs next toa  FR. Scan Speak drivers also, out dated, Dinasaurs.
FR is the only speaker i could ever listen to, I needa  horn for top end.
Richard Gray just wrote saying he loves horns for what they do right, but hates horns for what they do bad =???? 
Have no idea what Richard is trying to say.
Traditional tweeters  <91db below) will not work for me, hate em,. 
IMHO a  speaker has to be at the very least 91db. Which means 90% of the conventional/traditional xover speakers will not work for me.
I thought the world of my SEAS Thors 87 db, ,,then the FR 6.5 blew em away.
My guess is horns will blow away any ribbon/cone tweet.
I've read comments bashing horns, yet these critics can not give one substantial reason why NOT horns.. its all blab, blab blab. 
Their 2 cents won't buy a  Star Bucks cup of coffee thats for sure.
I'm going horn tweet.  For all its good and bad, it will beat out any Scan Speak, SEAS high priced tweets, by a mile.
The Golden Rule in speakers is <<<SENSITIVITY>> Sens is EVERYTHING. The higher the sens, the superior the voicing. 
This ain't rocket science folks. 
I am speaking about using tube (push pull, SET etc)amps  , this does not concern ss amplification. 

I am speaking about using tube (push pull, SET etc)amps , this does not concern ss amplification.

Horns can work just fine with solid state as well. But it had better be good solid state, not the kind that is bright and harsh.

I think that a listener's preference for horns (assuming that they are good ones) will be in good part based on how much they value realistic dynamics, and the sense of ease that horn loudspeakers display.

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Trust me, conventional xover tweeters do not offer much of anything good, AT least not when you A/B trad tweets next to a  horn tweet. 
IMHO the FR and compression drivers will be the only drivers used in audiophile speakers. 
Its just a  matter of time.
All speakers under 91db  requiring xovers will be deleted and go the route of the Dinasaurs. 
Its only a  matter of time before old  crusty and hadened ideas will die away.
Audiophiles think the world of their speaker,, Then when they geta  cahnce to A/B their <,beloved>> speaker next toa  FR+ TI Horn combo,, its at this point they know they;'ve been <Had>> all the years, Scammed,  = Sold on  snakeoil

if you have sweet sounding amp,go for horn speakers:)

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Yes Sir, Here I have the incredible Jadis Defy 7 modded with new Mundorf SESGO caps, F&T caps, Takman Metal resistor, Tele front tubes,,running all that beauty through,,SEAS Thors>>> 
Its like a  wet blanket over the THors next to the FR 6.5. 
The Thors did have some magic, but its so recessed, very IN-Efficient at 87 db. 
The FR is 93db
Made a  world of difference. 
1 FR 6.5 vs Seas Dual 6.5's + the world fmore Millennium tweet, Yet the FR 6/5 did more than hold its own, it far surpassed the Thors.
Sensitivity is <<everything>> in speakers. Ifa  speaker is lower than 92db, forget,,well ok, 91db cut off point. This 91db excludes nearly the complete catalogue of the 2 top names in speakers, SEAS ad Scan Speak.
Both companies  will go the way of the dinasaur if they fail to come around to FR and compression drivers. 
Seas offers a  single FR at $800 EACH!!! Redicilous 

I think that a listener’s preference for horns (assuming that they are good ones) will be in good part based on how much they value realistic dynamics, and the sense of ease that horn loudspeakers display.

That is not the priority of every listener.

I guess I am one of those that put those things a bit lower than I do other aspects. I don’t believe, with my RAAL ribbon and cone speakers, I am giving up enough dynamics, to be worth losing the imaging, detail, timbral accuracy, huge and deep soundstage, I am gaining going with what I currently have.

Now, that’s not to say, that there aren’t horns that can do both, but they are extremely expensive. Like Avant-garde Acoustics, Acapella, Cessaro, and similar level of horn speakers.

Klipsch won’t do it, and I speak from experience. I lived with my cousins Heresy IV for several months while he was out of town last year. At first, I was taken in by their attributes that everyone always touts, but it didn’t take long for their negative attributes to make themselves known. And before all the Klipsch fanboys chime in, yes, I was driving them with tubes, and yes, I’ve heard other Klipsch, like K Horns for extended periods.