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RE: The Best speaker I've even heard is the one I just built"

Basshorns have a their compromises starting with the fact that the long path from the driver to the mouth means that the bass signal is usually delayed relative to the midbass in most systems. Unless if you are willing to live with the compromise, then this usually rules out bass horns. I cannot live with this compromise as the bass sounds confused.

The second drawback of basshorns is that, unless if the basshorns is VERY large/long, then they cannot be subwoofers because the frequency response drops off a cliff at a fairly high frequency (too high for many audiophiles) - they are just woofers.

The third drawback of basshorns is that while they are better than sealed subs and many ported subs, because they are simply high quality sealed subs with a megaphone in front of them, they suffer from some of the same drawbacks as sealed subs (compression and distortion caused by the "box" or compression chamber), although they do so at much higher levels than sealed subs.

Basshorns have a very important place and that is for very large venues where you need big and efficient output. But in audiophile listening rooms, there are better options which don't force you to live with these compromises.

If you have a basshorn and like it good for you. But others have found better options.

Retsel

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