Horn speakers are really bright?

@realworldaudio,

I agree!

Waytoomuchstuff brings up a real positive about horns when he mentions low level detail. I have never heard another speaker type that does this as well as horns. When at Tri's house, I was shocked by this single aspect of his system.

It is detail, dynamics and an engaging sound at low volume that is the hallmark of good horn-based systems.  Just because they tend to be big in size does not mean they have to be played loud.  The ability to play softy is why these giant systems are more commonly found in tiny Japanese apartments than is the case here.  

I tend to measure how good is a particular component not by how it sounds when the volume is up, but how it sounds at low volume--the lower you can go and still get satisfying sound, the better the component.