Why not horns?


I've owned a lot of speakers over the years but I have never experienced anything like the midrange reproduction from my horns. With a frequency response of 300 Hz. up to 14 Khz. from a single distortionless driver, it seems like a no-brainer that everyone would want this performance. Why don't you use horns?
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"Why don't you use horns?"

Well you asked, so I'm going to tell you even if this post does not offer any glamorous contribution to this thread.

I have no quarrel with people who love their horns. More power to them. But for those of us who are very happy with their systems that use more traditional cone/dome-type drivers, why should we be interested in them?

If I were starting over, it might be fascinating to experiment with horns. But at this point I am not seeking some new (for me) speaker paradigm that offers supposedly "better sound." That's why I don't use horns. Very pragmatic, if somewhat boring, answer.

Happy listening (no matter why type of system you like).