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Why did you choose a horn based loudspeaker?

Seems horns or waveguides have become more acceptable to modern audiophiles. So I ask horn owners why did you select a horn based system over the other options in loudspeakers? I myself mostly for dynamic range, lack of compression, image size and little to no listener fatigue. Plus I find a horn loudspeakers to be interesting in design and in appearance. I have a large collection of vintage and modern horn systems as well as dynamic loudspeakers.After 30 years of trying designing etc today I mostly prefer fully front loaded horn speakers. I know that horn speakers still are controversial but please try to be civil.
johnk

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czarivey
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I did NOT choose horns. They all sounded unrealistic to me untill I heard Avangard ones at dealer each in separate room. Uno and Duo are hybrid horn with dynamic subwoofer and Trio is all horn. Fast and open sound with close to studio-mastering precision and clarity. Their looks are also subject for the exitement. Taken all so much of positives, nevertheless, I got tired of listening after 15...20min. During next couple of hours after listening I had ringing sound in my ears.
Obviously horns are easy to drive with low-powered tube amp and by all audiophile standards these are the most transparent and pure.
czarivey
5,946 posts
 
Grinnell, Do you want more power or?
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