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06-15-10
P.s. forgot to mention....... (yet again) on the chart, a vk ... Prdprez
06-15-10
Are properly implemented horns that rare? perhaps, but i wou ... Herman
06-15-10
Herman, well said. Unsound
06-15-10
Unsound, herman and i agree on something :) herman, the rea ... Atmasphere
06-15-10
Atmasphere, we may haven taken different paths in the woods, ... Unsound
06-16-10
because i get this and more (useful 60hz - 14,000hz) from m ... Cdc
06-16-10
06-15-10: eldartford as i have said, horns do dixieland jazz ... Gawdbless
06-16-10
Thanks ralph, that makes sense but i wonder how it affects t ... Herman
06-17-10
Hey everyone, mrd again. this thread intrigues me so much, b ... Mrdecibel
06-17-10
Herman, just to be clear here: i don't know the actual imped ... Atmasphere
06-17-10
Pretty broad spectrum of feelings about horns - all the way ... Macrojack
06-18-10
A cd recording from 1984 on the denon/nippon columbia japan ... Mrdecibel
06-18-10
Herman... sound radiates as a spherical wavefront (except as ... Eldartford
06-18-10
Eldartford. what resonances are you speaking of ? i ask yo ... Mrdecibel
06-18-10: Atmasphere
Eldartford, cheesy horns do have resonances, the way many other speaker technologies do. A good horn has less resonance than the your speakers do though. Don't misunderstand me here, I totally empathize with people that have trouble understanding this last point!
As you point out, sound radiates as a spherical wavefront, no doubt why Quad made the ESL63 a semi-spherical device.
A horn often uses a diaphragm that has a similar semi-spherical shape, only it is much larger when it emerges from the mouth of the horn. This may explain why so many people, on hearing good horns, comment that they sound like the best planars, only with greater dynamic impact.
IOW my experience of horns is that planars are really the only thing that compete with horns for naturalness of timbre, coherence and detail- cones don't seem to keep up.
So I rate horns first if they work right (last if they don't), planars second in the firmament and cone systems last.
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06-18-10
Mrdecibel, every hi-fi system will have that one track wher ... Weseixas
06-18-10
06-18-10: mrdecibel said " i truly believe many of you ... Weseixas
06-18-10
Atmashere , you leave out one critical part of your thesis ... Weseixas
06-18-10
World's greatest catch-all argument for your favorite thing. ... Prdprez
06-18-10
I am responding to a few of you. my system sounds wonderful ... Mrdecibel
06-18-10
Mr decibel , fair enuff and thanks for responding, it works ... Weseixas
06-18-10
Weseixas, i find problems with the stock lascala, mostly box ... Mrdecibel
06-18-10
I can see and do agree that the mods you listed would make a ... Weseixas
06-18-10
The only horn speaker that i honestly would change to, given ... Mrdecibel
06-19-10
Hello mr db, i'm very familiar with the jadis eurythmie an ... Weseixas
06-19-10
Horns will always sound like hi-fi, never real , they projec ... Gawdbless
06-19-10
Weseixas, i am not sure if you are saying to me your ears ar ... Mrdecibel
06-19-10
Mr db, i heard the jadis setup both at the show and at lyr ... Weseixas
06-19-10
Utter tosh ... related to peter tosh ? Weseixas
06-19-10
Horns will always sound like hi-fi, never real , they projec ... Gawdbless
06-19-10
Agree with gawdbless on this making bold all encompassing st ... Johnk
06-19-10
"i for one know its possible to design very good soundi ... Prdprez
06-19-10
Johnk perhaps the horn enthusiasts should temper their excit ... Unsound
06-19-10
Weseixas, sorry for the misunderstanding. it is all good. Mrdecibel
06-20-10
if you cannot get the speaker far enough from the rear wall ... Atmasphere
06-20-10
Atma, i understand why you reject the pejorative comment re ... Martykl
06-20-10
Ime, horns are capable of producing a very good sound stage, ... Unsound
06-20-10
Plainly there is no consensus on the desirability of horns i ... Macrojack
06-20-10
lol.. john the irony !!! ---------------------------------- ... Weseixas
06-20-10
Atmasphere , suprise comment coming from one of your back g ... Weseixas
06-20-10
atmasphere my comments on horns and how they image, poor ... Weseixas
06-20-10
Gawdbless, i know a reprobate when i see one, get well soo ... Weseixas
06-20-10
Gawdbless, i know a reprobate when i see one, sorry about ... Weseixas
06-20-10
Weseixas - i can't see much value in your opinions. sorry. ... Macrojack
06-20-10
Ralph wrote: "if you cannot get the [dipole] speaker f ... Audiokinesis
06-20-10
Macrojack , really !,,,, maybe you should review the per ... Weseixas
06-20-10
Hello duke, with all do respect , for ralph to insert dist ... Weseixas
06-20-10
I would like to clarify ! i highly doubt the 2 will sound ... Weseixas
06-20-10
Weseixas wrote: "i'm sure you are not comparing your b ... Audiokinesis
06-20-10
06-20-10: audiokinesis wrote: my bipolars radiate into a co ... Weseixas
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