In Reply to: Planars vs. Horns Discussion posted by George S. Roland on June 19, 2012 at 08:44:30:
When a speaker is truly coherent there are less "edges" to the sound because often those transient edges are artifacts either of the driver/horn configuration or because of phase/timing relationships.
I have heard some horn speakers systems (Odeon from Germany for example) that sound very smooth unlike the sharpness heard from Avantgarde and Klipsch. Is it the real wood horns or the drivers used? Is it the crossover design? Not sure but they are nearly as coherent as a full-range electrostat...almost but not quite.
I don't think high frequency transients are being rounded by Quads or other full-range planars because the driver should still be well within its dynamic bandwidth for those sounds. Large bass excursions of course can be limited by the relatively short excursions of planar panels. Probably a lack of distortion in the highs also contributes to the "smooth" sound.
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