+1 @ebm
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“ If you like the horn sound, why not just get horns? Too big for the room (or the little lady ;-) ? “ Or get a pair of Heresy.... for some reason females don’t mind their looks. Which is funny of course because they take up the same real estate on the floor as my Forte or any of the Zu. I can not speak to the Razz but I have heard other Volti and they were awesome ... the Razz is their smallest but it is still what most would consider a large speaker. |
+1 for the Charney Audio horns. Why not just buy a horn speaker instead of looking for the "horn sound" in a conventional box design. Charney has a number of designs to fit budget and room size. I have a pair and have no desire to look at anything else. Good luck,Chris http://charneyaudio.com/ |
Horn-based systems are the best at delivering the goods at low volume levels (which explains why they are popular with apartment dwelling Japanese audiophiles even though they take up a lot of valuable space). But, really good horn systems are very expensive. Some, which I find to be a bit more troubled by ‘megaphone” coloration, like Klipsch Cornwalls, are not that pricey and are worth checking out. I also like some systems using wide-range cone drivers in quarterwave back-loaded horn cabinets, such as Charney Audio speakers and certain Voxativ speakers (like the Ampeggio) and Rethm speaker (back loaded horns with self-powered subwoofers) are also quite dynamic at lower volume levels. More conventional speakers that are good at modest levels include Audio Note speakers and some ProAc models. |
ebm8,106 posts07-02-2021 9:09pmNone ~~~~~~~ Yep, Horns and tradition box xovers, are completely totally opposites. Nothing simliar. to a horn. A horn is a horn. A wide band is a wide band and traditional xover design also has its unique character. All voice differently. Yet wide and and horns are sort of cousins. |
Tekton Moab, Encore, and Ulfberht are similar only in the horn-like dynamics and ability to throw a huge expansive stage. Other than that they are not shouty or colored. But then neither are the very best horns..... While you are at it they also have the speed of ESL, the seamless integration of a Maggie, the pinpoint imaging of a mini-monitor, and the big physical slam presence of a big speaker that moves a lot of air, which they are. They do however suffer from one fatal weakness- they are not expensive. |
there are many very efficient conventional driver speakers, using very lightweight cone materials that sound ’horn like’ and more or less 'shouty' zu omega audio note to name a few https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/high-efficiency-loudspeakers page down, user @br3098 provides an excellent list of makers |
