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In Reply to: HORN! posted by benjamin sheares on March 24, 2001 at 08:02:33:
They do have a small sweet spot, an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that there is little room interaction. I have wood floors, *floating* (not nailed - the house is 100 years old) Lath/plaster ceiling, wood wainscoting. Very, very live, boxes sound like crap in here, and Maggies too. My horn just sings in this room, all the sound shoots at the couch I sit on and gets harmlessly absorbed, diffused for the most part. Of course the disadvantage is that only one, or max two people get the advantage of the good sound. Fine with me, any more than two is a crowd, and means either a party or home theater, so a box design works there.Now the size issue is not a universal. See the Oris approach (www.bd-design.com) These go down to 150Hz, with a normal box type speaker to go from there down to 29 Hz, and you know what? it sounds great! These horns are smaller, and better looking than Maggie 3.6's. Even my wife likes the looks (and she's an artist)! They are a bit bigger and more imposing than 'average' floor standing speakers. They are smaller than many expensive boxes, such as the JMLabs. Now what about horn bass? Well, so happens that I have two corners, so I'm going to try Khorn bass bins, and still have smallish speakers. But if you don't have corners then you are stuck with HUGE bass horns, or just do the Oris (or AvanteGarde) solution.
Loudness, eh? These babies play just as well softly as they do loudly. Of course, they can handle realistic dynamics that other speakers can't touch.
As for cost, the Oris betters all other horns I and others have heard (including AG Duo's), and they cost much less (3200$ fully loaded with the best drivers and cones) than a Maggie 3.6. That doesn't include DIY work however. FWIW.
Dan
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- True, horns are not perfect - DrM 13:28:05 03/25/01 (6)
- Re: bass bins - CH Chang 02:02:11 03/26/01 (3)
- Re: opps. - CH Chang 16:25:30 03/26/01 (2)
- Yep, me and my Honken Onken's - DrM 20:26:10 03/26/01 (1)
- Re: Yep, me and my Honken Onken's - CH Chang 00:33:20 03/28/01 (0)
- Your Post Put a Smile On my face - ben 16:19:50 03/25/01 (1)
- Re: Your Post Put a Smile On my face - DrM 17:21:32 03/25/01 (0)
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