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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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06-03-10   Unsound likes thiels and hates horns. let's be honest, would ...   Dan_ed

06-03-10   Actually, despite their huge differences in design, i suspec ...   Mapman

06-03-10   05-29-10: herman macro, you are a bit off base on that one. ...   Weseixas

06-03-10   All that we are talking about with horns is mechanical ampli ...   Macrojack

06-03-10   well they are not my kind of speaker and have not listen ...   Weseixas

06-03-10   Re phase and polarity, i believe the reason for the ambiguit ...   Almarg

06-03-10   Macrojack, i like your assertion that horns are essentiall ...   Mapman

06-03-10   Macrojack, i think you make a good point. i think electrical ...   Unsound

06-03-10   I own a klicpsh 5.1 set up which i listen in six channel set ...   Frankiepo9

06-03-10   I think we can all agree that horns are not going to set the ...   Dan_ed

06-03-10   Horns have greater potential than any other approach. design ...   Macrojack

06-03-10   dan-ed, those other issues you mention are some of the rea ...   Mapman

06-03-10   06-03-10: almarg re phase and polarity, i believe the reason ...   Weseixas

06-03-10   Macrojack, why would "horns have a greater potential th ...   Unsound

06-03-10   No, horns are the oldest form of amplification. ;-) i'm not ...   Dan_ed

06-03-10   I think pro-audio got the balanced standard thing right. but ...   Unsound

06-03-10   Unsound - horns are the least exploited speaker technology o ...   Macrojack

06-03-10   "why would "horns have a greater potential than an ...   Dan_ed

06-03-10   Macrojack, horns have have historically had some of the bigg ...   Unsound

06-03-10   Unsound wrote: "macrojack, why would 'horns have a gre ...   Audiokinesis

06-03-10   Duke, thank you for your thoughtful response. it has been ar ...   Unsound

06-03-10   One thing that duke did not cover is the drivers in use in t ...   Atmasphere

06-03-10   I think that the potential for dynamics is the main attracti ...   Mapman

06-03-10   Fwiw, i find most horns ugly, but the avant gardes while not ...   Unsound

06-03-10   my only experience with horns is with avant garde duos and ...   Coxhaus

06-03-10   Unsound, thank you for your thoughtful response. i'll try t ...   Audiokinesis

06-03-10   Hello gentlemen, every horn system i have ever heard was ...   Weseixas

06-03-10   Duke, thanks again! interesting how much we agree! despite e ...   Unsound

06-03-10   " the only conceptual problem i have with omnis is the ...   Mapman

06-04-10   Has anyone ever listened to the usher d-2 speakers;if so wha ...   Rleff

06-04-10   weseixas, phase and polarity have very definite meanings i ...   Herman

06-04-10   you can shift both by 180 degrees if you implement the phase ...   Almarg

06-04-10   I disagree with duke, cant always agree ;) while complex ste ...   Johnk

06-04-10   I suppose if one wasn't interested in waveform integrity, th ...   Unsound

06-04-10   Phase shift via non-dispersive polarity inversion i'm going ...   Herman

06-05-10   Johnk, you're more than welcome to disagree with me. if we ...   Audiokinesis

06-05-10: Unsound
Duke, as I have said before, it would appear to me that some people seem to be more sensitive to wave form integrity than others. Of course those people who might not be as sensitive to wave form integrity, might be more sensitive to other aspects of sound reproduction. Though I don't have any hard statistical research to support this, the market seems to bear it out. There are many successful speaker manufactures that don't prioritize wave form integrity, and very few that do. The few that do, seem to garner consistent positive reviews, a loyal following, and enough sales to make them most successful in this highly competitive industry.
Unsound  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


06-05-10   I use my horns in a two way application with a light, fast 1 ...   Macrojack

06-05-10   Duke i agree. that to large a midhorn to low a crossover poi ...   Johnk

06-05-10   Unsound, what do you mean by 'waveform integrity'? is this i ...   Atmasphere

06-05-10   Atmasphere, time and phase coherence, or as duke refers to: ...   Unsound

06-06-10   Well i can't be the judge of that- i have no idea what the w ...   Atmasphere

06-06-10   One dam good thread!!   Rleff

06-06-10   Atmasphere, until recently i didn't think that horns could p ...   Unsound

06-06-10   "waveform fidelity". is that the name of an insura ...   Macrojack

06-07-10   The best horn i have heard to date, which has just been soli ...   Gawdbless

06-07-10   Macrojack, i thought i explained what "wavefrom fidelit ...   Unsound

06-07-10   Macrojack: could you name the horn speakers that you consi ...   Weseixas

06-07-10   I have done so several times in this very thread.   Macrojack

06-07-10   it's 4 pages............... no google -)   Weseixas


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