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| Your favorite OCC speaker cable navships, have his wire throughout entire system, Best bang for the buck. and very low priced, $50-$100, high tech aero space/navy wire | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? larryi2,502 posts02-21-2019 5:21pmI've heard dozens of horn systems. Of the complete systems, I like: the Edgarhorn systems I've heard; some of the Volti systems I've heard were okay, but not that great for my taste; Klipschorn and Lascala not ... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? I ended up with Viking Acoustic Grande Voix dual horn speakers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Found it$28k, weight..who knows, I am sure well over 100lbs each speaker.has dome tweeterhttps://www.viking-acoustics.com/grande-voix-1 | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? My guess is a the new FR drivers will surpass the old midrange horns. Its a guess, But I'm cinfidenta test will prove the shootout, where the horn will take a fatal hit.Why?Newer technology. Cones always beat out a mechanism. Cones will sound m... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? I can easily understand why horns in the tweeter section, say from 9k up is gaining popularity, as dome tweeters just don't capture that upper ambience producing a sheen to the delight of the senses.The only dome tweet I know which can compete w... | |
| thoughts on the bose 501 speakers ozzy621,477 posts05-12-2021 7:14amg, you are a brave man for asking such a question in this forum.......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lolI thought Audiogon was trying to move up to a new level of true high fidelity.At least we can say Audiogon is a free, fa... | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget $10k did you say??Heck I only need $2k and i'll be in audiophile heaven. = $10k might get you less than my $2k speaker, In fact it most likely will, Spend more = get less is my mantra. | |
| Speakers The single most critical component audition__audio849 posts05-24-2021 11:01amI dont think the OP had any motive other than some cathartic brain dump. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My topic has the most views here on audiogon as far as new threads. For a reasonmany here know i have som... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component One other observation about these new *Full range* speakers, is that they are more about *midrange*. The low bass is a bit rolled off, the highs are definetly rolled off. Which to me is not a big issue. AS 90%+ of the fq's in my classical musi... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component WEll I agree, the OP is not very well expressed, just a jumble of ideas, more about opening questions, new thoughts /ideas.You will find the majority here agree, speakers is the vocal chords of the system.What I am learning over the past few week... | |
| Why not horns? Also if your looking for a pair of horns that sound like a PA I've got a pair of cs99a's in the box I could never get quite right! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Most, at least I;'m guessing here, many of the new horns have huge magnets, and my teck gee... | |
| What is your favorite type of tweeter? johnk1,588 posts07-05-2009 7:30amTry the SEAS exotic t35. Best yet by SEAS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Surprises me no one speaks of this Seas T35 Exotic, have not heard it, but can only imagine its no doubt the finest dome tweeter ever made. Its like a M... | |
| Why not horns? eldartford4,262 posts05-24-2010 8:11amHerman... Sounding like trumpets is a quite precise description of what I find undesirable about horns. I think everyone will understand what I am saying, although they might disagree. As is often said on Au... | |
| Why not horns? hummm these Jesnen 1960's horns came witha tiny thin brass voice horn,, the driver iteslf is at least 2 lbs and has a nice huge alnico magnet,, sounded a bit harsh, not too clean,,have to get with Ricahrd Gray see if he can make some adjustment... | |
| Why not horns? macrojack OP1,300 posts05-23-2010 9:55am and permits us to get back to the topic of "WHY NOT HORNS?". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My answer isBecause no one TOLD me about horns. I was like so many here, not thinking ~~Outside The Box~~ = box being box xo... |