Like I said... to my ears... K Horns in the proper room are almost impossible to beat!

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One good thing about music: When it hits you, you feel no pain.

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I'm talking pure tractrix vs K400/K401 or K600. Examples such as the Vtrac, Fastrac and a 223Hz tractix horn. They provide much better mids that the classic exponential mid horns in the stock Heritage series.

I haven't heard the trachorn but the build is the same principle as the others. I would assume it is great too.

Am I answering your question. It is just an opinion anyway.

jc

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McIntosh C2200 MC1201 (x2) MC275 V (x2) Bryston BDA Ashly XO/EQ with huge horns
Technics SL-1200MK2PK MC275 V (x2), MC250 (x2), and QSC PLX, Ashly XO/EQ, Juicy Music Super Merlin with huge horns

Which ALK's are you using in your Khorns? ES or Universal's?

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John
Main System- McIntosh MX119/MVP871/MC352/MC7106, Scratch built 2A3 ,Thorens TD-125mkII ,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Velodyne DD-18, Sonos ZP90,Boxee Box
Office System- Adcom GTP500/GPA545/GCD575,Technics SP15, Northcreek Signature Borealis

deaf --- On a lark I decided to explore the sound of high efficiency audio and my first step on the path was to build a system around new Khorns knowing their obvious limitations. With the combination of my work and the volume of extra equipment I had in house to test with the Khorn, it took roughly 6 months to approach what I would call enjoyable sound.

In researching how to make a Khorn better I have come to the conclusion that the most complete way is to buy another horn speaker which has been engineered to a much more demanding standard.

This is very much a minority opinion. The Klipsch world is more comfortable with the notion that a good horn speaker is more a collection of good parts loosely tied together by a passive crossover which is rumored to be "universal".

I am more comfortable with the notion that a speaker is 20% parts and 80% clever engineering. Great speakers tend to have great parts and great engineering...

Oddly enough, in the UK they still engineer a superb Khorn with significantly better parts than its US cousin --- it retails for roughly 25K pounds and is rumored to be heavenly.

Failing the super Khorn CN191 --- there are a number of properly engineered horns which utilize the worlds best drivers, low order passive crossovers or in the extreme case very good active crossovers --- many of these speakers obtain very good results within the context of a system which includes the proper amp and front end...

Can you please tell me which loudspeaker has been in continuous production for the longest period of time...?

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Sorry for "aged" response (dont visit here often....) I'm using the universals, I have a pair of new unused ES xovers.....Never tried em yet! I am gonna use the men220 as crossovers (if i can get a unit that works properly......Long story...)

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BrzlianRswd Khorns w/ Trachorns, Crites tweeters, ALKxovrs, Modded Klipsch Belle's, JBL 4345's Basis Debut Sig. Vacuum TT, Graham Phantom tonearm, Dynavector XV1s,Tron7 Reference phonostage , C2300,2 MC2000's,MC352,Telfnkn ECC803's, siemens Triple Mica 12AT7's PPP,DBX D5 CD,Kubala emotion connects& Cables

ALK Trachorns arrived yesterday and were packed well as expected. It took a whole 30 minutes to install these thanks to the great instructions and pictures. I put on the first CD and my jaw dropped, I really was not expecting a dramatic difference in horns like I experienced with the ALK universals. Wow, it was like I removed a rag or something from the old horns. I can actually hear better separation of instruments, improved imaging and a lifelike sound, like I was sitting front row/center. What was Klipsch thinking when they casted the K-400? I believe the KHorns will be here another 20 years if I last that long. This has truly transformed these speakers into an Edgarhorn like sound. This is the number one upgrade I've experienced in my system in 20 years.

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John
Main System- McIntosh MX119/MVP871/MC352/MC7106, Scratch built 2A3 ,Thorens TD-125mkII ,Klipschorns w/ALK xovers/Trachorns, Speakercraft MT8(4), Velodyne DD-18, Sonos ZP90,Boxee Box
Office System- Adcom GTP500/GPA545/GCD575,Technics SP15, Northcreek Signature Borealis

Hi guys,

I just learned of this forum and I see a few of the good people from the Klipsch forums here. I figured I might as well join up and say hi!

Al K.

Welcome Al

Yes, there seems to be a few of those happy people hanging around here.

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AMP's: D'Agostino Momentum's
Pre Amp: Mcintosh C-1000 & C-1000P
Sources: McIntosh MCD-1100 & MS-300, Olive 4HD, SonoS, Pro-Ject 6 PerspeX
Speakers: MBL 111F
Cables: Transparent Ultra MM2 & Reference MM2 & Powerlink MM2x

ALK.....great to have you here...would love to have some of your great knowledge shared on this forum....

jc

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McIntosh C2200 MC1201 (x2) MC275 V (x2) Bryston BDA Ashly XO/EQ with huge horns
Technics SL-1200MK2PK MC275 V (x2), MC250 (x2), and QSC PLX, Ashly XO/EQ, Juicy Music Super Merlin with huge horns