Change to Horns or stay Dynamic

Thanks exlibris. There are a few places in Japan with ridiculously large horn systems. I would love to visit a place like those on the ACA page but have no idea if any are open to the public...

Dgad, you nailed it. The room, even treated, will likely produce more distortion to the frequency response curve than the speaker's curve is off-kilter in the first place.

I would, however, take issue with people's ideas that horns "cop out" in the bass. The worst that happens (if you choose your implementation), is as good as any other form of woofer section out there.

I went from electrostats to horns, bypassing dynamic altogether. In doing so, I have found what I didn't know that I was looking for. The dynamics and "you-are-there-ness" are far ahead of dynamic speakers. Years on, I still get the shivers with certain music.

Even good horns have weak points. It is difficult to integrate midrange and bass. Finding dynamic bass which has the "speed"/dynamics/delicacy to match the midrange is difficult. If I ever build my own place in the country (on a hilltop with a beautiful view), I will build large horns into the ground/walls. Also, to get to the mid-bass (say, below 200Hz), horns can get very large and some people don't like that. If you can live with the deficiencies and still like horns, then you probably belong with them.