Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy?


As just another way to build a loudspeaker system why such disputes in forums when horns are mentioned?    They can solve many issues that plague standard designs but with all things have there own.  So why such hate?  As a loudspeaker designer I work with and can appreciate all transducer and loudspeaker types and I understand that we all have different needs budgets experiences tastes biases.  But if you dare suggest horns so many have a problem with that suggestion..why?
johnk
Are you trying to tell me the hideous, honky, plastic horns JBL and Klipsch sell at Best Buy are great examples of horns and proof that horns are widely desired? Those hunks of crap crammed into Best Buy shelves in an aisle? That’s what you’re going to hang the popularity hat on??? Those things are exactly why I hate horns. The one guy I know with JBL speakers would burn them tonight for a chance to own my Focals. I love to bring over people who own that Best Buy JBL and Klipsch crap and park them in front of my 936’s. It always leaves them lusting.
Indeed I am a fan of Focal. If I didn’t think they sound excellent I wouldn’t own them. I’m familiar with the infinite horn loading technique Focal uses. It isn’t designed to focus or amplify the back wave. It’s designed to nullify it.
You seem to be under the impression that the general public is well aware of $10,000 speakers and is discriminating in their tastes. They are not. They buy sound bars for their TVs. They buy Bluetooth speakers for their bedrooms. They buy their home theater sound systems in a single box one man can lift. The vast majority of people wouldn’t spend what I’ve spent on my speakers alone for their entire entertainment system. Most people don’t know what real hi-fi actually sounds like. I’m sorry, but people scooping JBL, Pioneer, Bose, and Klipsch off the shelves of Best Buy isn’t going to inform me as to what people buying hi-fi like.
Kosst  {Are you trying to tell me the hideous, honky, plastic horns JBL and Klipsch sell at Best Buy are great examples of horns and proof that horns are widely desired?} No that is all in your mind {  I love to bring over people who own that Best Buy JBL and Klipsch crap and park them in front of my 936’s. It always leaves them lusting.}  I highly doubt you ever have or ever will do that{ You seem to be under the impression that the general public is well aware of $10,000 speakers and is discriminating in their tastes} No I am not.  Kosst  many logic errors personal biases and down right BS in what you post good luck with that.
@johnk 
No offense bro, but you don't seem to understand the definition of the word "logic". If JBL and Klipsch horns are out there owning the hi-fi market, why can't I find a dealer with a search warrant? Logic suggests if I can't find them, nobody is trying to sell them because nobody wants to buy them. And yeah, I'm absolutely biased against them. I think their general behavior and theory is fundamentally flawed and I'm hardly the only one. 
Kosst {I think their general behavior and theory is fundamentally flawed} in what ways are horns fundamentally flawed? you can think this all you want but its just a bias unless you have facts to support this bold claim. Kosst{ Logic suggests if I can't find them, nobody is trying to sell them because nobody wants to buy them} again non sequitur a logic failing  And this gem-Kosst{  And yeah, I'm absolutely biased against them }  Bias is prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.  You invalidate your arguments with non sequitur and self admitted bias.
Kosst -Not one of my local dealers stock focal    Logic suggests if I can't find them, nobody is trying to sell them because nobody wants to buy them       No dealers selling tube gear in my area   Logic suggests if I can't find them, nobody is trying to sell them because nobody wants to buy them    never found a Ferrari at a dealer   Logic suggests if I can't find them, nobody is trying to sell them because nobody wants to buy them. Never found a bigfoot at my local audio dealer no mater how hard I looked  Logic suggests if I can't find them, nobody is trying to sell them because nobody wants to buy them.      Rise above Dunning Kruger.