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| Horns: Why don't they image well? As a follow-up to my suggestion above of horns imaging "differently," it's not meant to imply they do so 'per se,' but rather in comparison to a range of direct radiating speakers - I believe that's very important to point out. Really what it come... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? @audiokinesis --Erik’s thread is entitled, "Why don’t horns image well?", and the entire text of his opening post is, "Anyone have a theory?".In asking for theories, it seemed like Erik was inviting "tech details" as well as how they "relate to ac... | |
| What you can say about lowbass and midbass perfomance for high end loudspeakers ? In accordance to the above would like add my preference for pro-type woofers. Some designs like tapped horns require of the moving mass not to be too low, yet at the same time have a demand for very high motor force. My main speakers use a 15" "ol... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? @audiokinesis --My statement about the Oblate Spheroid profile was based on my understanding that it is the mathematical optimum for minimizing detrimental internal reflections within the horn. There are other profiles optimized for other things -... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? Horns: Why don’t they image well?Horns can image very well, I find - certainly going by my own all-horn speakers. Perhaps there’s an aspect of horn speakers imaging differently compared to direct radiating speakers due to their dispersion characte... | |
| Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both At least not how I understand the audiophile terms. The problem comes in the mid-treble. A truly, measurably, objectively neutral speakers doesn’t come alive until the volume is turned up, but will lack the perception of detail, because those deta... | |
| Is there actually a difference? @kosst_amojan --Mostly what you're paying for in really high dollar amps is the ability for a high power, multi-stage topology to deliver the nuance and performance you get from a simple, fairly inexpensive low power amplifier. That's really, real... | |
| Small or large sub for music @noble100 --(I am familiar with the ’crazy home theater guys’ typically loitering at AVSforums and other a/v sites with their brute force approach to reproducing bass in a home environment. However, I have too much respect for the supporting mecha... | |
| Let's talk Tweeters! I'm a horn guy well - for the entire frequency spectrum, that is (currently contemplating a tapped horn subwoofer to augment my main all-horn speakers, that would replace my well-integrated SVS SB16-Ultra) - and prefer horn-loaded compression driv... | |
| JL Fathom repair @Ozzy What's the "updating" nature of your F-113, and how old is it? | |
| JL Fathom repair JL Audio's Fathom (and Gotham) subwoofer series sport foam surrounds, not rubber, and while earlier types of foam surrounds have been known to deteriorate more readily than rubber and not least cloth surrounds - typically going into degradation mo... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Per my earlier post above on trying the Belles ARIA preamp in my setup, a little update. I borrowed the unit from my kind dealer for just short of 3 weeks, a period of time I found sufficient to evaluate its impact. Overall, the encounter hasn’t l... | |
| Do Bigger Speakers Mean a Bigger Window? …So, if you are after high fidelity sound, why would you buy small speakers? I never would, never again. Moreover, the "small(er) listening room small(er) speakers" mantra has no real bearing or justification - to me, at least. Smaller rooms mayn'... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? @kosst --Going by your experience and the venues in which you’ve predominantly(?) heard "horn" speakers (again, most of them have likely been hybrids; not that this is necessarily a bad thing sonically, but it waters down the model of definition h... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? I’ll agree with most of the above, and most of that is exactly why I dislike horns. I’ve never attended an acoustic performance that sounded anything like what I’ve heard through a horn system. I don’t know the horns you’re referring to here, but ... |