Originally posted by phookat
Hey Masherbrum... I'm tellin ya, head out to the carsound.com forums and look up this Richard Clark guy. It's much better than a bet, actually...if you lose, you only lose the trip fare + $100. If you win, you get $10,000. He doesn't charge when he sets up a booth at a conference, but he started charging $100 for individual challenge applicants because so many people started trying it individually and failing, and it was costing him a lot of time to keep setting it up and making arrangements. You can give it a try, but I'll give you the same warning as I gave Skuzzy. 
Perhaps so, but I've never heard a good horn. Stats and ribbons are the way to go on the high end IMO...unless you've got a PA application where pure SPL is more important than quality. I've auditioned Klipsch in hi-end stores, and was not impressed (compared to the likes of Logan stats). I think the problem is the inherent distortion of compression drivers.
Again, I'm a fixture in a few high end stores here in Michigan. To judge Klipsch Horn-loaded in a store, in unacceptable. Again, these NEED to be in a corner to MAXIMIZE their design.
You have two takers on the bet in the same thread. By exposing your forum buddy, you are naming him as incompetent. He's wrong, and "his years of service" sicken me, as I know more than he, but, he get's the easy job.
But purely going on a horn listened to in the store is pointless. If you HAVE the means to purchase them, take em home, and audition them for 30 days and if unsatisfied, return em. Again, they must be in a corner, if not, they'll sound horrible.
Karaya
