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In Reply to: HORN! posted by benjamin sheares on March 24, 2001 at 08:02:33:
"Nowadays we have bass players with 5 string basses that go down to 32Hz."Em.. I think that goes back quite a way in time..
"To get that low a horn speaker will have to be truly GIGANTIC!"
Yep, so use multiple 15" high efficiency woofers and get low distortion dynamic response below 20 cycles.
"The other thing aside from size and limited bass and the problem of citing the speaker in a domestic space is that horns love to be played loud. Very loud."
Not true. Horns don't care how loud they are played. This is controlled by the listener. My horns sound great at any level.
"Horns like most other speakers have a 'sweet spot' in terms of their volume level where they sound their best. And this tends to be overwhelmingly loud at times."
You are wrong. Why would "overwhelmingly loud" be some one's preferred listening level? What horns have you had in your room that need to be played this loud to sound good?
"If going for the absolute in terms of dynamic scale there really is no compromise but to get horn speakers. That is if you demand or NEED your sound system to be played at (rock, classical or jazz) concert volume every time you listen to music."
I think it goes back to realism. If you want musical realism, you need horns. They sound excellent at all levels IMHO.
" Imagine Led Zeppelin rehearsing in your room full tilt every night and you'll get why the horn speaker dynamic and volume realism can be both it's finest and worst attribute!"
Please......... If that's as loud as you want to play it, yes, you are right, but any one with a brain knows most stereos have a volume control.
Mike
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