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
@johnk 
Oh yes... Uncle Sam has been beating down the door at Meyer Sound to get their hands on Meyers long throw array technology like the sort installed at OSU stadium used to shoot sound across the horseshoe.... Without horns. 
Sometimes that's useful. Sometimes not. I just don't think that's a desirable virtue in an environment like a residential home where the space can be well controlled and tailored. Personal preference. 
From the Meyer Sound website -Optimized compression drivers with constant-directivity horn- also directional loudspeakers are not horn systems used by audiophiles etc they are LRAD types using narrow frequency ranges and are not designed for fidelity 

Are we now establishing here that speakers that exhibit confined directionality and stunted bandwidth are undesirable for high fidelity? If not, I'm confused by this. There's no shortage of speakers or designers bending over backwards with shapes and materials to reduce or minimize the directionality of their designs in the interest of smooth tonal accuracy. Focused directionally is widely considered a bad thing for hifi. I don't understand why somebody would want that in their living room. 
 Your confusing directional loudspeakers with horn designs and they are not the same thus why you are confused a directional loudspeaker is kind of "sound flashlight" that can "shine" sound energy into a precise spot, even from some distance away great for a LRAD blasting a pulsing irritating tone at pirates it is not a loudspeaker for home audio use so yes no one would want a LRAD or directional loudspeaker for home use. The issue here is you do not comprehend the basics of how loudspeakers function or any definition or classifications of different design you lump all as one without realizing loudspeakers exist for other uses besides audio reproduction.  Do not expect anymore reply's.
@johnk 
Again, you're trying to make me say things I never said and I'm getting tired of your flagrant intellectual dishonesty. You say I don't understand how these things work. Have you never looked at the dispersion plot of a horn speaker? They're basically worthless 15 degrees off axis up and down the spectrum. Are you going to tell me that's NOT directional??? That's almost as bad as big planars and nobody considers that a strength of planars. 
You question why horns are so controversial. It's no mystery to me why you don't see it. You embrace the failings of horns as virtues. I'm not attacking you for that. We all make our compromises to get what we want. That's fine with me.