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Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty”

I am interested in a high efficiency horn with SET AMPS, in a 12 ft by 18 ft room. 9 ft ceiling .
I have narrowed my choices down to Charney audio Excalibur http://charneyaudio.com/the-companion-excalibur.html
and rethm maarga v2
https://www.google.com/amp/s/audiobacon.net/2019/04/18/rethm-maarga-v2-loudspeakers-listening-sessio...
would appreciate input from any one who has heard the above speakers or someone who has a similar system . 
listening choices are vocal music , no classical music.
Very rarely might want my system to play loud party music .(extremely rare ) does not have to play it like solid state system. Thanks in advance 


newtoncr

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willgolf
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I have owned Wilson and Sonus Faber and I will easily vote for a horn over either of these speakers.  I went on a year long search for Horn speakers and considered many including Charney, Avantgarde, hORN Univesum, Deja Vu, Klipsch, JBL, Aer, BD Design, PureAudioProject Trio's and Odeon to name a few.  Then I found this small boutique company called Viking Acoustic who does amps and speakers.  I ended up buying Viking Acoustic Grande Voix's and I am super happy.  They have a line of speakers in all price ranges.  

I do like Charney becasue of the drivers they use.
willgolf
933 posts
 
Congrats -- I guess.  Are you referring to the speakers or the 300B amp?  Also, it is hard to make judgements right out of the gate.  Tell us more after at least 50 hours of run time.  
willgolf
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Newton
Given that Brian agreed with your assessment he shouldIf take them back.  He could always try different drivers, capacitors or resistors in the speaker.  I can tell you my Viking Acoustic Grande Voix Dual horn speakers are everything that I dreamed about.
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