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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
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ozzy62
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I sit here and read this thread while I'm listening to my klipschorns and I just have to laugh............

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mofojo
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You can’t tell Kosst he’s wrong about anything ever cause he’s not;)
mrdecibel
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I am so sorry, kosst's post was at 10 : 08 PM.
kosst_amojan
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@mrdecibel 
I try to get down there once or twice a year. I doubt I'll have a chance until the holidays, but I'll be down eventually. I'll message you then. 
kosst_amojan
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To the wider audience...
Nope, I haven't heard any really great home horn systems. I have heard hundreds of big, honky horns in bars, clubs, theaters, and arenas though. JBL are some of the worst I've ever heard. JBL horns are what Pine Knob has installed in their amphitheatre and they absolutely suck. The honky, distorted sound from them was the first thing my friend commented on and he knows pretty much nothing about audio to color his opinion. The least horn sounding horns I've ever heard have been Nexo arrays. The thing I truly hate about horns is how they feel like their bearing right down on you. I don't hear music that sounds massive. I hear a speaker that sounds massive. Maybe I'm just hypersensitive to that characteristic horn sound, but it's as distracting to my ears as vinyl hiss which is why I'll never bother owning a turntable. 
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