Opinions are like a--holes, everybody has one. Having heard that system, it's OK, nothing special.
This guy probably has heard a set of 511 or 811 (or, not and) and formed an opinion on ALL Altec horns. Small minds live in small worlds.
Klipsch does their standard PT Barnum marketing claiming the K-69 they use on that horn is a 2 inch driver...it has a 2 inch DIAPHRAGM, not throat.
My opinion? A decent sort of CD horn with a mediocre driver on the back. Your mileage may vary. It doesn't sound horrible.
My opinion further is a set of 288G or H on 329's or 311-90 will make those Klipsch cry for their momma.
EDIT- quoted verbatim from Voltiaudio...
" 2" midrange and 1" tweeter compression drivers
Now I'm not trying to be a sore sport or anything, but c'mon, Klipsch knows darned well that the midrange driver used in the Khorn is not a 2" driver. It may have a 2" diaphragm, but it is most certainly not a 2" driver. In fact, the driver loads into a horn throat that measures about 11/16" in diameter.
The K-69 driver that Klipsch uses on the K402 horn is called a 2" driver.
Across the industry is it understood what a 2" driver is. They fit on a horn with a 2" throat.
The BMS 4592 driver that I use on the V-Trac horn has a 3-1/2" diaphragm. Does that mean that I should advertise that the Vittora speakers have 3-1/2" midrange compression drivers?
I've had more than one customer contact me about this innaccuracy on the Klipsch website, confused about it and thinking that Klipsch is now using a 2" driver on the "new" Klipschorn. I have to explain to them that Klipsch is using the same midrange horn design (albeit with a plastic horn rather than metal) that they've used for decades, with the same long constricted throat and K55 driver, with essentially the same performance as they've had all those years.
Do you think Klipsch knows about and condones this innaccuracy, or is this just a simple oversight?
Just an interesting little tidbit that I wanted to vent about. "
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