In Reply to: RE: Waveguide/Horns moving in posted by Mr Peabody on October 25, 2016 at 18:04:36:
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.
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