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Klipsch doesn't need your help. They are selling a huge amount of profitable stuff - they are just fine ;)]]>Jun 9th 2008 1:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/07/klipsch-intros-new-icon-w-series-speakers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/07/klipsch-intros-new-icon-w-series-speakers/those are hot speakers]]>Jun 7th 2008 6:03PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/07/klipsch-intros-new-icon-w-series-speakers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/07/klipsch-intros-new-icon-w-series-speakers/There is a reason why very few companies offer consumer loudspeakers with horn loaded drivers today. Dome tweeters offer wider dispersion and flatter frequency response. The single advantage horn load tweeters have is effeciency, an advantage not necessary for consumer loudspeakers. You are free to enjoy them, and I won't knock you for that, but the audio industry moved away from horns 30 years ago and hasn't looked back.

BTW, Avantegarde is considered part of the Audio lunatic fringe just like all of the 3 watt single ended triode amp makers.]]>Jun 8th 2008 12:15AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/07/klipsch-intros-new-icon-w-series-speakers/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/06/07/klipsch-intros-new-icon-w-series-speakers/
Electrostatic loudspeakers with few exceptions dipole speakers, which create a drastically different radiation pattern than typical dome/cone/horn speaker designs. Horns however, just offer higher distortion, limited dispersion, and poorer frequency response compared with domes and cones. Again, Horn loaded drivers offer no useful advantage over cones and domes in consumer loudspeakers.

True, Klipsch doesn't need my help. They know what I say is true and design horn loaded speakers for marketing purposes and not for performance. Yet, if you think that electrostatics and horns are high fidelity products, then YOU DESPERATELY NEED MY HELP!!!]]>Jun 11th 2008 1:58PM