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  Why not horns?
I've owned a lot of speakers over the years but I have never experienced anything like the midrange reproduction from my horns. With a frequency response of 300 Hz. up to 14 Khz. from a single distortionless driver, it seems like a no-brainer that everyone would want this performance. Why don't you use horns?
Macrojack  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-22-10
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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   Here's a fresh question. are horns generally more forward r ...   Mapman

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: Johnk
I feel that comments from the 60s 70s are still passed about as facts by many. Audiophiles have been told for decades that horns where not hi fidelity. Many audio reviewers from the past where anti horn. And much of there bias has been passed about as fact today. Note the all horns honk comments etc this BS is still passed about as a fact even in your thread. Getting over this wrongful bad press and bias. Much the result of AS designs and stereo coming out into the market. Many owned a horn speaker in a mono system,now with stereo and these new AS designs about they where told by the press and audio shops that horns are old fashioned and dated sounding. Since they could replace the 1 large horn with 2 smaller speakers many did so and denounced horns. But this is funny to me since the new AS designs from the late 50s 60s are not so collectible [AR Advents etc] but the old horns they shit canned sure are. Maybe that should say something about the performance of horns that even the old designs are relevant today. And some have values approaching that of new sports cars. Do not think the ARs that replaced the horns are worth more than a few $100 today. Seems this has gone on today with the slim tower these are cheap to build ship store pack etc very good at profits. But sound is so so from most such designs. But still the poorer performing tower is hyped as the best design for audiophile use. For HT we where told big speakers where not needed that small cubes suffice and are higher performing and many still believe this as fact. In our hobby most fall for hype BS Bias etc. Never really investigating for themselves. Easier to pass about others opinion and bias as your own and much easier too no thinking or work involved.
Johnk  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


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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