Klipsch K Horns (the new AK6)

jsman,
I would love to hear them. I must be really special. What amp are you driving them with?

The only way to improve on some of the Khorn flaws is to redesign the speaker. I know of no serious enthusiast that uses DSP. This doesnt mean that these people dont exist, I just dont know any. I dont believe for a moment that DSP doesnt have a significant downside. As George points out  why would you  put so much expense into Khorns when more viable options exist which are better than the Khorns in the areas in which this speaker excels? I think that you guys are hanging on too tightly. 

It is all about trade offs and compromise, which I hear in EVERY design, at EVERY price......If I am not mistaken, George owns a version of ML Monoliths ( likely modified to the tilt, knowing George ), which I have much familiarity with. Just as I do not like many horn hybrids, because of that " discontinuity " between the horns and the woofer boxes, I also hear this in the Monolith, this lack of coherence, if you will. I would never come on here, and bad mouth the design, as it makes trade offs, and I know it can be enjoyed by many. I respect many listeners here, and elsewhere, because if they find a system they are happy with, that, is all that matters. I might not agree, that the system this other person finds so enjoyable, fits my specific criteria as a listener ( as I say all of the time, it is personal and individualistic ). It is childish and meaningless, to make snarl comments as Georgie seems to do, and he does it often, and everywhere. But, it is humorous, the majority of the time, this back and forth, with nothing ever changing. Enjoy ! MrD. 

jsautter, I can, w/o question, improve upon some of the flaws, inherent in the new Khorns, as I have, and many other Klipsch devotees, have learned to do. Nothing, cannot be improved upon, be realistic.....

Actually I agree with you regarding dynamic drivers with horns or electrostats. One of the worst offenders  I have heard to date are the Sanders speakers. No doubt people should buy what they like but the Khorns to me have always been significant underachievers. 

Man, so much anger and bitterness over a piece of equipment built for a hobby we supposedly love.


I have never heard a Klipsch speaker in any environment, but am surprised and hopeful for this company and their continued production of the Heritage line. I realize the web and thus this forum, is a worldwide venture, but to see an American company building 50+ year old designs the size and weight of the Khorn or Cornwall in America is respectable when we're collectively b!tch!n@ about job losses to overseas production. While the price may be steep for some/most, the manufacturing location and lower number of units sold (compared to Best Buy inventory), seems reasonable in a hobby where people drop four figures on copper wire sprinkled with fairy dust.


I've read the Stereophile review and like some have posted, am surprised by the described bass deficiencies. For a cabinet of that size, with a 15" driver in a loaded cabinet, I'd expect bass to be the last item of concern. I wonder what would happen if Klipsch pushed the design a little further into the future by incorporating something like a Hypex amp with DSP to drive the lower cabinet. As a fan of larger drivers, I'd still love to hear a pair in their current configuration. Kudos to Klipsch for keeping these speakers alive and their builders/designers employed.

If you ever hear a pair of Khorns in an appropriate room being driven by good amplification and a good front end, you will realize that most people that poo poo them have an axe to grind. They are capable of world class sound if you have any sensibility at all about you.

Oz

I once heard a pair of K Horns in a very large room and was totally blown away by the sound. The bass drum was making my heart hurt with less than 10wpc.  It is a sound I never forgot.