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.
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.

