roberjerman-- I have a pair of Speakerlab 6WA's sitting in my basement, I bought them in college in the late 70's, kept them because I knew how good they sounded. Haven't taken them out to listen, but might do it this weekend. Have a Hegel H360 with Raidho XT-2's and love the sound. Actually haven't made the move to digital yet-- have an Oppo 105D for SACD's, HDCD's (have a lot of them owing to big G Dead collection) and plain old CD's. Only potential problem is that the speaker inputs on the Speakerlabs don't accept bananas, just straight wire. They are cheap old spring type terminals.
How come Horn + woofer designs are not more popular?
A couple guys on my audio discord really love the JBL synthesis 4367 and feel that all traditional 3 way tower speakers suck because they have poor bass response and are generally shy sounding. What I wonder is how come the majority of speaker makes do floor standers that are 3 way as oppose to the Horn +woofer design of JBL?
Is there any downsides to the horn + woofer design? Can a horn convey microdetail as well as a Be tweeter like say from magic A or S line? They claim 3 way floor standers are just trendy. But is there anything more to it then that?
Is there any downsides to the horn + woofer design? Can a horn convey microdetail as well as a Be tweeter like say from magic A or S line? They claim 3 way floor standers are just trendy. But is there anything more to it then that?