BEST HORN LOUDSPEAKER TO PURCHASE

Tekton has some horns.i picked up the bonnevilles but they are 4 feet wide.they throw a fantastic soundstage at low and high spl.4 15 inch woofers and 7 satori horns. He has much smaller models in horns in your price and some around 7 k and less. You might want to call tekton. I have alot of speakers and his measure well and are a great bang for the buck.happy listening.

@rodge827 

OP: "I am comfortable  listening to music at  50-55 dbs, with occasional peaks of 60-62 dbs."

You: "with real bass. No holes or suck out in the bass, every note top to bottom."

Listen to something at your normal volume.

Now, drop to 50-55 dbs.

How do those suckers sound? If they retain excellent bass, you have risen above science or they have excessive bass at normal volumes (not extended, excessive) there’s no way around it.

I had considered Voltis although there was no place reasonably nearby to hear them, and noticed a NO RETURN policy that I wasn't happy about. I get it but still...I also sent an inquiry regarding an "unfinished" Razz (the price of which had gone up a thousand or so) and was told in a somewhat snarky reply by Greg Roberts to forget those and buy some ready to ship far more expensive fancy wood finished model. Suffice to say Volti has never and will never see a dime from me.

I am the original poster and have 2 new thoughts. I did not want to start a new thread, because it seems that posting a new response is preferred by audiogon members.  As you may know looking for a speaker that sounds rich and full body at  a 50-55 decibel level. The horn loudspeaker seems to be the way to go to achieve this. But I did some research and came upon an article that mentioned that a three way loudspeaker that has a treble horn, mid range horn and a large dynamic bass driver will not be cohesive since the bass driver is far away from the treble and mids.  Also concerned that such a large bass driver would need a lot of power to get those powerful magnets to really move and provide bass. It was pointed out to me that a very small amount of power is required to power the highs and mids, but not enough power to get the bass driver  moving.  This is evident in the JBL 4349's that I purchased recently. It is a 2 way, highs and mids share a horn and a large bass driver handles the bass. The issue I have is that at my listening levels, the bass driver does not get activated at all. I have dialed in my subs and they add a little bass, but don't totally solve the problem. It should also be known that the JBL's are 91 db efficient and a Volti Lucera is 99 db efficient. That should solve the problem, but not sure.  I read about another speaker that claims to be rich and full bodied at 50 dbs, which is the Devore Fidelity  0/96 loudspeaker. It is a 2 way and the reviews claim that since the bass driver is extremely close to the mid and high driver that the sound is cohesive and due to its open baffle design plays  rich, full bodied at 50 dbs.  I am located in New York so there are 2 or three dealers that sell the Devore.  The last thought I had was to purchase a llimiter, where you can set up your system so not play louder in dbs than your desired setting. Last night, listening to Beethoven 7th symphony I noted that the low portions are as low as 38 dbs and the loud go into the 80 db level.  Anybody have any thoughts about my concerns?

"Last night, listening to Beethoven 7th symphony I noted that the low portions are as low as 38 dbs and the loud go into the 80 db level.  Anybody have any thoughts about my concerns?"

Some TVs had ’night’ modes to avoid peaks that wake the wifey asleep nearby).

I bought a gizmo for my elderly mother, who was in a single room in a nursing home. It was a ’volume average’r’, i.e. soft sounds boosted so she could hear them, loud sounds cut so not too loud for her or thru the wall to neighboring room.

also, ads are louder, despite denials and broadcast rules, it automatically cut those ad’s excess volume.

it had a bypass, so you could not use it unless needed.

do you have a tape or processor loop?

sub-titles were a blessing for her.

Oh, yeah, this was the maker

https://zvox.com/

I don't know who, but something for audio systems rather than TV is out there hopefully.