Home Speaker Asylum

General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

RE: Waveguide/Horns moving in

Cones will stay for the mass (music) market, yes. But don't be surprised if waveguides (that cover much of the midrange) become big for home cinema. JBL already has a line, and now there's Ocean Way, etc.

A good fit, since the real cinemas always used horns.

But for the high-end, I don't see how cones could survive. There's too much mass, they move too slow, cause more cabinet resonances, etc.

Turntables have not come back - only if you read the press. Hardly a month goes by without one of the British high-end magazines (or Michael Fremer in the U.S.) stating that 'vinyl has surged'.

It never left high-end of one, but two, *if* LP sales are growing, there's no proof anyone (new) is playing them. It seems they're merely collecting them.

Online sells turntables, but no mass-retailer does, in the U.S.



Edits: 10/25/16 10/27/16 10/27/16

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