Why low sensitivity speakers?


I could probably find this out with a little research, but I'm too lazy. Anybody know what the tradeoff is with a high sensitivity speaker? Why do some manufacturers make such low sensitivity speakers? Is it just so we have to buy huge amps?!
dburdick

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Karls, I'm no expert and you seem to have a much better understanding of these things than I do. However, it would appear to me that horns don't see more air in fact I would think they see less air. I'm guessing that the horn compresses the moving air so that there is less lossy disipation and therefore better efficiency.