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05-26-10
You've been told repeatedly in this thread that true bass ho ... Macrojack
05-26-10
:the irony may lie in you insisting that horns are not for y ... Mapman
05-26-10
I'll chime in on the digital crossover question. my basshorn ... Herman
05-27-10
Amen, herman! hey, i'm not poking a stick at digital xovers. ... Dan_ed
05-27-10
I'm surprised there was no comment about the link i provided ... Macrojack
05-27-10
Can someone provide some general impressions regarding the d ... Lokie
05-27-10
Macrojack, the folded horn you asked about is one of a thous ... Herman
05-27-10
i love my sansui sp-5500's made in japan! i had all the wir ... Hifisoundguy
05-27-10
I'll chime in regarding klipschorns. i had never heard nor s ... Sebrof
05-28-10
You do not need 35ft long horns. herman i also have front lo ... Johnk
05-28-10: Mapman
Here's a fresh question.
Are horns generally more forward rather than laid back sounding? is this always necessarily the case?
Reason I ask is that the Walsh drivers I currently prefer tend to be on the laid back side, in that most things happen behind the plane of the speaker in most setups.
That is the most distinctive characteristic of the omni Walsh driver I think. Other than tha, with my eyes closed, I believe I would be hard pressed to identify the driver technology used in that they have various characteristics of otehr driver types I have heard and read about, including the midrange purity of horns.
So part of the appeal of horns to me is that in my mind they represent the other end of the spectrum in terms of being more forward sounding than what I have. I'm not saying that is better or not, only different. I think what I have pushes things about as far as I would need to go in its direction, so horns appeal to me as a means of trying something completely different and comparing and constrasting. Were I to do it, I would also anticipate the need at some point to use a spearate amp for them from the rest of my system(s), probably a tube amp, in order to get the most out of them.
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05-28-10
Johnk, do you have a link to that. i assume you aren't talk ... Herman
05-28-10
Midrange purity of horns? ha! you can't be serious. Unsound
05-28-10
Mapman, as with any speaker driver one can change the presen ... Dan_ed
05-28-10
Unsound, which approach's midrange purity do you question? ... Mapman
05-28-10
Dan_ed, have you ever heard omnis like ohms or mbl? i beli ... Mapman
05-28-10
I have my own ideas but what do you mean by forward and laid ... Herman
05-28-10
I was wondering about some of the posts that mention time al ... Rleff
05-28-10
"what do you mean by forward and laid back" laid ... Mapman
05-28-10
Mapman, i thought it was obvious that i was questioning the ... Unsound
05-28-10
Unsound, yes i missed in reading first time that your refe ... Mapman
05-28-10
Devolution? Unsound
05-28-10
Mapman, i see, then my horns are very laid back using your d ... Herman
05-28-10
Herman, well said, no arguments from me. Unsound
05-28-10
Herman thanks for the reply;something i never considered. Rleff
05-28-10
Herman, that's a good point regarding time alignment. phas ... Mapman
05-28-10
Phase can be adjusted to a fair degree in the crossover as w ... Atmasphere
05-28-10
Time aligned and in-phase are different issues. all of the d ... Macrojack
05-28-10
Anybody know offhand if/how klipschorns deal with time align ... Mapman
05-29-10
Macro, you are a bit off base on that one. it is one of the ... Herman
05-29-10
Ralph, i'm glad we have found common ground on the horn issu ... Herman
05-29-10
Herman - thanks, i needed that. polarity and phase are diffe ... Macrojack
05-29-10
Phase shifts can occur because the drivers are different dis ... Herman
06-01-10
Herman, i leave the design of speakers to someone else to pr ... Atmasphere
06-01-10
Phase coherency, or lack thereof, is best evaluated by a spe ... Eldartford
06-01-10
Eldartford, i believe that some speakers from dunlavy, gree ... Unsound
06-02-10
Personally i love my ribbons on my apogees, they just sound ... Ddan6815
06-02-10
The last three posts seem to have wandered away from the sub ... Macrojack
06-02-10
I feel that comments from the 60s 70s are still passed about ... Johnk
06-02-10
O.k. macrojack, i don't like horns because to my sensibiliti ... Unsound
06-02-10
Unsound, i appreciate your last comment. it is where i was f ... Atmasphere
06-02-10
Well, alrighty then. would anyone like a biscuit with their ... Lokie
06-02-10
Unsound please name the horns you've owned heard etc that ar ... Johnk
06-02-10
Johnk, do your really think i would let horns in my home? Unsound
06-02-10
Unsound - you have shared some very certain opinions. i thin ... Macrojack
06-02-10
I couldn't possibly remember them all, there didn't seem to ... Unsound
06-02-10
I love the tuba, ever see those shows with a hundred tubas? ... Herman
06-02-10
I like tubas too, but i don't want to hear very other instru ... Unsound
06-02-10
I'm glad to see we agree that horns are magical. . Herman
06-02-10
I think those following this forum, have come to a fresh un ... Bjpd57a1
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