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In Reply to: Musical Realism = 320,000 Gauss! Get real - Get horns. posted by vacuous on August 3, 2001 at 21:19:35:
I beg to differ as regards soundstage with horns.The soundstage is spot on with my Klipschorns. This is in an imperfect room, missing a lare section of the right wall across from the listening position.
In fact, the second you start listening to Khorns you discover that you are hearing music, not speakers making music. The soundstage makes the walls disappear, too.
As far as Tom's points otherwise, he's right. Dynamics, precision, effortlessness, they are all there. After hearing horns, every other speaker (save electrostatics) sound opaque and muddy.
I think that people who do not like horns have not heard them with proper conditions. The most common, almost universal, mistake made is to mate them with high watt (or even medium watt) solid state amps. The horn speakers of the world really need the first watt to be exceptional. For the most part, SS amps reach their rated levels at full power, which would cause the walls to start crumbling and not be viable listening levels.
Eight watts, or even 3.5 watts, are enough. More than enough.
Go tubes and horns. You won't go back.
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