Mike,
No problem. There is no perfect speaker. And we all have our own tastes.
BTW Bob Brines (like me) is a fan of the Baroque, so keep that in mind. He uses a variety of transmission line designs (which I'm a fan of) based on the work of Martin King. Throw in the "mighty" Fostex F200A driver and you can see why I commissioned Bob to build the first FTA-2000s.
I've heard the Abbeys once at a Fest (with the whizzerless drivers) and thought they sounded good for chamber music or small jazz.
I've heard The Horns several times and only once sounded decent to me. To me they sounded thin (exagerated midrange) with as you say no real bass (typical of Fostex extended range drivers).
Compared to either of those, my speakers are bass monsters
with more warmth and detail.